Image of Abraham Lincoln in front of a tent looking to the left, General McClarnand to his left. Pinkerton is in civilian cloths and is looking right at the camera. General John A. McClarnand named misspelled "McClarnard" in the title, as is Pinkerton's first name. Published by Taylor & Huntington, publisher in "The War for the Union. Photographic History. 1861-1865." Caption reads: The central figure in this scene is, of course, President Lincoln. Comparatively few of this generation have any clear idea how Mr. Lincoln really looked. This view is a valuable and rare picture; it was photographed at headquarters Army of the Potomac, Antietam, MD., October 3, 1862. The officer in uniform is Gen. McClernard, and the short, rather insignificant looking man on the other side of President Lincoln is Allen Pinkerton, the chief of secret service, Army of the Potomac, and the father of the now famous Pinkerton Detectives. In the army he was known only as "Major Allen." Date and alt tile from Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/cwp2003000146/PP/ . Herbert William Singleton Collection Of Civil War Photographs, Huntington Digital Library, San Marino, California.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
1 print : albumen ; image 16.5 x 21.6 cm (6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.) ; overall 22.9 x 27.9 cm (9 x 11 in.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 McClernand, John A. (John Alexander), 1812-1900 Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884 Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862 United States--Maryland--Antietam United States. Army--Officers--Photographs
Place
Antietam (Md.)
Source
Herbert William Singleton Collection Of Civil War Photographs (ca. 1861-1890s) Views of President Lincoln: the Execution of the Lincoln Conspirators: and Portraits of the Conspirators by Mathew Brady & Alexander Gardner / Issued by Taylor & Huntington, United States Civil War, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance
Lindsey M. Gould, a Civil War veteran, acquired the photographs in the 1880s as a keepsake of his war experience. At Mr. Gould’s death around 1919, the entire collection went to his close friend Herbert W. Singleton. The collection remained in the Singleton family until May 2001 when the Huntington Library acquired it through a gift and purchase arrangement.
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