Gen'l Hooker's headquarters during the battle of Antietam

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Maryland, Antietam

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Creator / Contributor: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm), distributor
Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882, distributor
Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882, copyright holder
Title: Gen'l Hooker's headquarters during the battle of Antietam
Collection Title: Civil War stereographs, 1861-1865.
Publisher: New-York Historical Society
Date: 1862
Series: Photographic incidents of the war.
Description: Stereograph: A large brick house, the home of Philip Pry, General McClellan's headquarters during the battle of Antietam. McClellan was the general in charge, Hooker was brought here after he was wounded
Notes: George McClellan (December 3, 1826-October 29, 1885) A major general for the Union Army during the Civil War. McClellan organized the Army of the Potomac and served as the general-in-chief of the Union Army from November 1861 to March 1862 when he was relieved of command by President Lincoln. McClellan was the Democratic Presidential candidate in the 1864 election, losing to the incumbent Republican, Abraham Lincoln. After the Civil War, he served as the 24th Governor of New Jersey from 1878 to 1881.
Institution: New-York Historical Society
Identifier: ad18026
1986
Subject: McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885--Photographs
Buildings--Photographs
Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862--Photographs
Antietam (Md.)--Photographs
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs
Material type or medium of original: Stereograph
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