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Gen. Samuel P. Heintzelman and staff with their families at Robert E. Lee's home, Arlington House, Virginia – Vintage Print

Gen. Samuel P. Heintzelman and staff with their families at Robert E. Lee's home, Arlington House, Virginia, [1861] — historic photograph
Gen. Samuel P. Heintzelman and staff with their families at Robert E. Lee's home, Arlington House, Virginia, [1861]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive 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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This rare historic photograph captures Gen. Samuel P. Heintzelman and staff with their families at Robert E. Lee's home, Arlington House, Virginia in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Gen. Samuel P. Heintzelman and staff with their families at Robert E. Lee's home, Arlington House, Virginia

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Few photographs from the first months of the Civil War show Union officers posed at Arlington House, the Virginia estate of Robert E. Lee, which Federal forces occupied after Lee resigned his U.S. Army commission and left in April 1861. Here Gen. Samuel P. Heintzelman poses with his staff and their families, a reminder that the house had quickly become a military post rather than a family home. The albumen print, dated 1861, captures the mix of domestic life and wartime occupation that marked the estate in its early months under Union control.

Created / published[1861]
Medium1 photographic print : albumen.
GenreGroup portraits 1860-1870.Portrait photographs 186-1870.Albumen prints 1860-1870.
SubjectsLee, Robert E. (Robert Edward),--1807-1870--Death & burial.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,118 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-172000

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