Library of Congress says: Personal staff of General George Meade at Army of the Potomac headquarters, Brandy Station, Virginia. [Photograph shows group portrait of identified soldiers posed in front of tent: Captain Francis Markoe Bache of 16th U.S. Infantry, Lieutenant Colonel Wyllys Lyman of the 10th Vermont Infantry, Captain C.E. Cadwalader of 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Major William Riddle of 34th Pennsylvania Infantry; Major James Biddle of 16th U.S. Infantry, Captain George Meade Jr. of 6th Pennsylvania Infantry, Captain John Coalter Bates of 11th U.S. Infantry, Captain Addison Gordon Mason of 34th Pennsylvania Infantry, and Lieutenant Frederik Anton Ulrik Rosencrantz of 16th U.S. Infantry] [Notation on verso: “1. Capt. Bache, 16 U.S. Inf., 2. Lt. Col. Lyman, vol. a.d.c., 3. Capt. Cadwalader, 6 Pa. Cav., 4. Major Riddle, a.d.c., 5. Major Biddle, a.d.c., 6. Capt. Meade, a.d.c., 7. Capt. Bates, 11th U.S. Inf., 8. Capt. Mason, a.d.c., 9. Lt. Rosencrantz, Swedish officer, vol. a.d.c. Personal staff of Gen. Geo. G. Meade.”]
Gardner No. 139.
Etched onto negative: 139.
Only the left half of the original negative survives.
