Antietam, Maryland. Gen. Joe Hooker's headquarters
Item
Type - photograph or illustration
Photograph
Title - caption or label given by the creator
Antietam, Maryland. Gen. Joe Hooker's headquarters
Creator - photographer or artist
Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882, photographer
Date Created
1862 Sept.
Abstract - summary of image contents
Image of the Pry House used as a headquarters for Joseph Hooker and a tactical HQ for George B. McClellan.
Subject - ex: soldier(s) in uniform, landscape, city street, interior scene, etc.
landscape
Spatial Coverage - the place depicted (geographical location)
The Pry House at the Antietam Battlefield near Sharpsburg, Maryland
Format - ex: ambrotype, glass plate negative, copy print, etc.
Wet collodion glass plate negative
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
- Caption from negative sleeve: Gen. Hooker's Headquarters, Battle of Antietam.
- Corresponding print is in LOT 4167-C.
- Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
- Corresponding print is in LOT 4167-C.
- Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.