Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 Group at Commissary Depot, Acquia [i.e. Aquia] Creek Landing, Va., Feb. 1863
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0210 Author/Creator: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 Place Written: Aquia, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: February 1863 Pagination: 1 albumen print ; 23.2 x 17.3 cm. Order a Copy
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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