Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 Group at Commissary Depot, Acquia [i.e. Aquia] Creek Landing, Va., Feb. 1863

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GLC#
GLC05111.01.0210-View header record
Type
Images
Date
February 1863
Author/Creator
Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
Title
Group at Commissary Depot, Acquia [i.e. Aquia] Creek Landing, Va., Feb. 1863
Place Written
Aquia, Virginia
Pagination
1 albumen print Height: 23.2 cm, Width: 17.3 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

A print of a photograph of union officers and enlisted men. The men are posed in front of a large stack of boxes near a military railroad box car. There are three sailors, five soldiers [including two generals], and three men who appear to be in civilian clothes. The man seated at left is Brig. Gen. John Henry Hobart Ward. Painted on the box car are the initials U.S.M.R.R. [United States Military Rail Road]. Inscription on verso: "Ordway-Gardner VI (or IV) 40."

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