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Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896 Brady's Incidents of the War (General McClellan)

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03087 Author/Creator: Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896 Place Written: Miner's Hill, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861 Pagination: 1 albumen : b&w Height: 36 cm, Width: 45 cm Order a Copy

One undated image entitled "Brady's Incidents of the War (General McClellan)," was taken by Mathew Brady. Image is of General Morrell's Brigade at Miner's Hill, Virginia. The men are gathered around a tree trunk. Those pictured include the aide-de-camp, Lieutenant Williams, a surgeon named Walters, Lieutenant Colonel Alfred V. Colburn, and Lieutenant Colonel N.B. Switzer. A note below the photograph reads, "Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1861 by M.B. Brady, in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia."

Brady, Mathew B., 1822-1896
McClellan, George B., 1826-1885
Morell, George W., 1815-1883
Colburn, Albert V., 1831-1863
Switzer, N. B., Prince de Joinville, Comte de Paris, fl. 1861

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