Gen. S.P. Heintzelman and staff, Arlington, Virginia, May 1863 – Antique Print
![Gen. S.P. Heintzelman and staff, Arlington, Virginia, May 1863, [photographed 1863, printed later] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/d4/d4ac8a5cd978-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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A window into the past: Gen. S.P. Heintzelman and staff, Arlington, Virginia, May 1863, 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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Gen. S.P. Heintzelman and staff, Arlington, Virginia, May 1863
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Here Maj. Gen. Samuel P. Heintzelman poses with his staff at Arlington, Virginia, in May 1863, a rare group portrait of a Union headquarters in the Washington defenses. Heintzelman, a West Point graduate who had served in the Mexican War, commanded a corps in the Army of the Potomac and was later responsible for guarding the capital. Arlington, across the Potomac from Washington, had been under Union control since 1861 and held many camps and headquarters. Staff portraits like this one show the officers who carried out a commander's orders, and the photograph's date was recorded in the Civil War Photograph Collection at the Library of Congress.
| Created / published | [photographed 1863, printed later] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1860-1870.Group portraits 1860-1870.Photographic prints 1860-1910. |
| Notes | Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 839. |
| Subjects | Heintzelman, Samuel Peter,--1805-1880--Military service. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 910 × 728 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-195631 |
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