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Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 Gen. Julius White and staff.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0155 Author/Creator: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1864 Pagination: 1 albumen print Height: 23.3 cm, Width: 16.8 cm Order a Copy

A print of a Gardner photograph. Brig. Gen. Julius White and eight staff officers posed in front of tent, under a shelter built of branches. Small dog near the seated man on the right side of the photograph. Same men as in previous photograph. General White is seated center. (Inscription on the front of modern mount: "Alex. Gardner - Union Officers 1864 Meserve Coll.") This information from previous cataloger, there is no modern mount present.
See GLC 5111.01.0154, .0156

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