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Description: BRADY, MATHEW (1823-1896); GARDNER, ALEXANDER (1821-1882)
Group of 19 photographs (including one duplicate), comprising 18 of Union Officers, and one of Jefferson Davis. Albumen prints, 3x4 1/2 to 7x9 inches (7.6x11.4 to 17.8x22.9 cm.), 12 are on the original mounts with handwritten penciled notations on mount recto and 7 are unmounted. 1861-65

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Condition: All items are offered for sale subject to Swann Galleries'' standard terms and conditions of sale, which are published in our catalogues.

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Notes: "Lt. Col. C. B. Norton on Horse, Headquarters of General Fitzjohn Porter, Antietam, Virginia. 1862. Miller, vol. I, p. 29 * "Colonel James Childs and Staff, 4th Pennsylvania Calvary." 1862. Miller, vol. I, p. 331, Taylor and Huntington * "General Orlando Willcox and Staff." ND. By Brady(?). Mathew Brady''s Civil War, p. 491 (variant image) * General Orlando B. Willcox and Staff, Petersburg, Virginia 1864. By Brady. Image of War, vol. VI, pg. 24, Taylor and Huntington No.?, (similar image) * "General Alfred Pleasanton and Staff, Warrenton, Virginia 1863." By Brady. Image of War, vol. IV, p. 316, Taylor and Huntington, No. 7603 (variant image). * "Surgeon Hawks, 50th New York Engineers-Mounted 1864." Miller, vol. VII, p.265, Taylor and Huntington No. 7601 * "General Wesley Merritt and Staff." ND. [Merritt was one of the "boy" generals along with Custer and others promoted during the middle and latter stages of the war in recognition of leadership qualities]. *"General Julius White and Staff ." ND. * "General Alexander McDowell McCook and Staff, Brightwood? D.C. " 1864. Miller, vol. II, p. 279 * "General William H. French (Old Blinky) and Staff Mustered Out. 1864. Att. to Gardner. Image of War, vol. 5, p. 180. Taylor and Huntington * "General Philip Sheridan and Staff 1864". By Brady. * "General Philip Sheridan and Staff 1864. By Brady * "6th Non-Commissioned Officers. Sgt. Major Edmund English, Washington, D.C. the day Lincoln was shot." 1865. [Note the word "papa" inked in under figure of Sgt. Major Edmund English.] * "6th Non-Commissioned Officers. Sgt. Major Edmund English, Washington, D.C. the day Lincoln was shot." 1865. (with a duplicate image) * "General Alfred Pleasonton Astride Horse." 1863. Miller, vol. VI, p. 299; Image of War, vol. III, p. 385 * Unidentified Officer (Col.?). ND. * "Unidentified Union Brigadier General Holding Bridle of Horse." ND. "A. Gardner" written in pencil on back of image. * "Company I, 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry (Rush''s Lancer)." 1862. By Gardner. [Alfred R. Waud seated left front. ] Katz, Witness to an Era, p. 103; Touched by Fire, Two, p. 184. A.R. Waud, battlefield artist for Harper''s Weekly Newspaper, seated front left. Photographer''s wagons in the rear.] * "General Jefferson C. Davis and Staff, Washington, D.C." 1865. By Alexander Gardner.