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[Major Generals George G. Meade, John Sedgwick, and others with staff officers at Horse Artillery headquarters, Brandy Station, VA.]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0130 Author/Creator: Place Written: Brandy Station, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: February 1864 Pagination: 1 albumen print Height: 27.8 cm, Width: 22.9 cm Order a Copy

A print of a photograph of staff officers at Brany Station, VA. From the far right: Brig. Gen. A.T.A. Torbert, Major General John Sedgwick, and General George G. Meade. Brig. Gen. Robert O. Tyler stands fifth from left in the front row. The rest of the officers are unidentified. The log cabin and two tents and trees in the background match that of another image in this set (Winter quarters with one log cabin and two tents). Inscription on back Sedgwick, Meade & staff officers IX (or XI) 518. Century Co. stamp # 136.
See GLC 5111.01.0128, .0129

Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872
Sedgwick, John, 1813-1864
Torbert, Alfred Thomas Archimedes, 1833-1880
Tyler, Robert Ogden, 1831-1874

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