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General Grant at City Point – Historic Reproduction

General Grant at City Point, c1902. — historic photograph
General Grant at City Point, c1902.. 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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A window into the past: General Grant at City Point, preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Despite its title, this print is a composite rather than a photograph of Ulysses S. Grant at City Point. Its head comes from a portrait taken at Grant's Cold Harbor headquarters, its horse and rider from a photograph of Maj. Gen. Alexander McDowell McCook, and its background from Confederate prisoners captured at Fisher's Hill. City Point, the Union supply base on the James River, was where Grant directed the Petersburg campaign in 1864 and 1865, which explains the title. Composites like this were common in the period, and this one was likely made around 1902 by L.C. Handy.

Created / publishedc1902.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenreMontages 1860-1870.Photographic prints 1900-1910.
NotesH22257 U.S. Copyright Office This photograph is a montage or composite of several images and does not actually show General Ulysses S. Grant at City Point. Three photos provided different parts of the portrait. The Library has negatives or prints that show (1) the head, from Grant at his Cold Harbor, Va. (2) the horse and man's body, from Maj. Gen. and (3) the background, from Confederate prisoners captured in the battle of Fisher's Hill, Va. Photo copyrighted and possibly created by L.C. Handy. Title from item.
SubjectsGrant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson),--1822-1885--Military service--Union. Military camps--Union--Virginia--Fishers Hill--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,144 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-114420

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