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The President and General McClellan on the Battle-field of Antietam
Item
Type - photograph or illustration
Photograph
Title - caption or label given by the creator
The President and General McClellan on the Battle-field of Antietam
Creator - photographer or artist
Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882, photographer
M. B. Brady, publisher
M. B. Brady, publisher
Date Created
October 1862
Abstract - summary of image contents
President Abraham Lincoln and Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan sitting in a tent during Lincoln's visit to Antietam in October 1862.
Subject - ex: soldier(s) in uniform, landscape, city street, interior scene, etc.
soldiers
Spatial Coverage - the place depicted (geographical location)
Antietam Battlefield near Sharpsburg, Maryland
Format - ex: ambrotype, glass plate negative, copy print, etc.
albumen silver print
Rights - a statement of any use restrictions or ownership
This item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States because copyright has expired, but we have not determined its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. You are responsible for your own use.
Source - owner or repository of original or digital image
Library of Congress
Description - notes, provenance, or other information about the image
- "Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1862, by Alex. Gardner, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia."
- Title from item. Date printed on photo is Oct. 4, but the photo was probably taken on Oct. 3.
- Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p. 111.
- Title from item. Date printed on photo is Oct. 4, but the photo was probably taken on Oct. 3.
- Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p. 111.
