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Major General Geo. G. Meade and staff – Antique Wall Art

Major General Geo. G. Meade and staff, [1863 Sept., printed later] — historic photograph
Major General Geo. G. Meade and staff, [1863 Sept., printed later]. Historic photograph from the Gettysburg collection.

(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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A window into the past: Major General Geo. G. Meade and staff, preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Major General Geo. G. Meade and staff

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Major General George G. Meade and his staff appear together in this group portrait, dated in the record to September 1863, though the print itself was made later. Meade had taken command of the Army of the Potomac only days before the Battle of Gettysburg in early July, and by September he was a central figure in the Union war effort. The bracketed date signals that the exact day is uncertain, so the picture is best read as a record of the headquarters circle from that season. Group portraits like this were common among Civil War officers and show how a staff arranged itself around its commander.

Created / published[1863 Sept., printed later]
Medium1 photographic print : albumen.
GenreGroup portraits 1860-1870.Portrait photographs 1860-1870.Albumen prints 1860-1910.
NotesTitle from item. No. 330. Civil War Photograph collection.
SubjectsMeade, George Gordon,--1815-1872--Military service. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,283 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-208829

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