Camp of Gen'l M'Dowell's body guard, July 5, 1862

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Creator / Contributor: O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882
E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm), distributor
Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882, copyright holder
Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882, distributor
Title: Camp of Gen'l M'Dowell's body guard, July 5, 1862
Collection Title: Civil War stereographs, 1861-1865.
Publisher: New-York Historical Society
Date: 1862
Series: Photographic incidents of the war.
Description: Stereograph: Soldiers seated underneath a tree with tents and a house in the background.
Notes: Irvin McDowell (15 Oct. 1818-4 May 1885) Graduated from West Point in 1838. At the start of the Civil War, McDowell was a brevet major and served on General Winfield Scott's staff. In late May 1861 he was given the command of the Union forces in the Department of Northeastern Virginia. McDowell led a corps in the Second Bull Run (Second Manassas) campaign. He was sent to command a territorial department on the West Coast. After the Civil War, he commanded the Department of the East from 1868 to 1872 and the Department of the South from 1872 to 1876.�
Institution: New-York Historical Society
Identifier: ad03035
1804
Subject: McDowell, Irvin, 1818-1885--Photographs
Houses and homes--Photographs
Soldiers--Photographs
Tents--Photographs
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs
Material type or medium of original: Stereograph
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