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[Washington, D.C. Officers and clerks on a porch at Signal Corps headquarters]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0179 Author/Creator: Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: May 1865 Pagination: 1 albumen print Height: 23.5 cm, Width: 18.1 cm Order a Copy

A print of a photograph of the Signal Corps headquarters in Washington, DC. Two Union officers pose on a second story deck with nine soldiers and civilians. Besides the officers, only the man on the far right hand side of the photograph wears a complete uniform. The remaining eight men wear an assortment of military and civilian garb or complete civilian garb. The man third from right wears either fatigue blouse or sack coat with what appears to be the crossed-axes badge of the Pioneer Corps. Verso notation: "XXIX" "695". Library of Congress negative reveals more of the building visible at top and bottom though nothing of significance.

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