Fowx, Egbert Guy, 1821-1891 [carte de visite, Grant's headquarters]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00919.24.48 Author/Creator: Fowx, Egbert Guy, 1821-1891 Place Written: City Point, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: 1864 Pagination: Height: 7.1 cm, Width: 11.1 cm Order a Copy
White mount with ink inscription on recto: "Lieut-General Grants HdQuarters, Winter of 1864 [and] 5, City Point, Va." Inscribed on negative: "Sketched by Louis Bernkopf, Private 15th N.Y.V. Engr." Sketched view of a quadrangle surrounded by winter quarters. American flag raised in center of quad next to a lone guard with bayonet. Same image as #49.
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