Type - photograph or illustration

Photograph

Title - caption or label given by the creator

Howell Cobb, President of the Provisional Confederate States Congress.

Creator - photographer or artist

Anthony, Edward, 1818-1888 Contributor.

Brady, Mathew B., 1823?-1896 Photographer.

Date Created

1861-1876

Abstract - summary of image contents

A full-body portrait photograph of Confederate Brigadier General Howell Cobb

Subject - ex: soldier(s) in uniform, landscape, city street, interior scene, etc.

Full-body portrait photograph of General in uniform

Format - ex: ambrotype, glass plate negative, copy print, etc.

Photographic print

Rights - a statement of any use restrictions or ownership

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Source - owner or repository of original or digital image

Library of Congress

Library of Congress

Description - notes, provenance, or other information about the image

Brigadier General Howell Cobb
(1815 - 1868)
Home State: Georgia
Command Billet: Brigade Commander
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: Cobb's Brigade
On the Campaign-He commanded Cobb's Brigade in McLaws' Division of Longstreet's Command. He was at Crampton's Gap (South Mountain), but absent at Sharpsburg.

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