Seeing the Civil War

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File Details: ANFQm, 750 DPI, TIFF, Original Negative, 42.4 Mb

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Image ID: ANFQ

Credit:

unknown photographer
Date:

1864.03
Negative Size:

8 in. x 10 in.
Equipment:

book; chair
Locations & Lines:

Brandy Station VA; Virginia
Military Units:

Army of the Potomac; Bureau of Military Information (Secret Service); US Army
Persons:

Cammock (James); Cole (Daniel); Dodd (Henry W.); Doughty (James); Irby (John); Klein (Robert); Klein (scout); Landegon (John W.); Lee (W. J.); Magee (Sanford); Plew (Daniel); Wood (scout)
Sources:

Library of Congress; USAMHI – MOLLUS collection

The MOLLUS Collection says: Scouts and Guides of the Army of the Potomac. Army of the Potomac headquarters at Brandy Station; on duty at Secret Service Depot.

Miller, Photographic History of the Civil War, Vol. 8, p281 says: Later Scouts and Guides, Army of the Potomac. In this picture appears a group of scouts and guides headed by Lieutenant Robert Klein, Third Indiana Cavalry, who spent some time with the Army of the Potomac. On the ground by his side is his young son. Many of the men here depicted were among the most noted of the army’s secret-service men. Standing at the back are James Doughty, James Cammock, and Henry W. Dodd. On the ground are Dan Plue, W. J. Lee, __ Wood, Sanford Magee, and John W. Landegon. Seated at left is John Irving, and on the right is Daniel Cole.

Etched onto negative: No. 294.

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