U.S. Army uniform, 1858-61, Gen'l in Chief, Eng., artillery, cadets – Historic Photo Reproduction
![U.S. Army uniform, 1858-61, Gen'l in Chief, Eng., artillery, cadets, [between 1908 and 1919] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/8e/8e825fbb9988-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of U.S. Army uniform, 1858-61, Gen'l in Chief, Eng., artillery, cadets. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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U.S. Army uniform, 1858-61, Gen'l in Chief, Eng., artillery, cadets
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This glass negative gathers the dress of four branches of the U.S. Army from 1858 to 1861: the general-in-chief's staff, engineers, artillery, and cadets. Winfield Scott held the post of general-in-chief throughout those years, just before the Civil War. The National Photo Company, a Washington firm that sold views and historical images in the early twentieth century, probably made the picture from older printed or drawn sources, since the negative dates to about 1908 to 1919. Streaks and blemishes on the glass come from the natural deterioration of its original coating.
| Created / published | [between 1908 and 1919] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch five. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 4,334 × 5,954 px · prints to 14 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-249027 |
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