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[Gen. Alexander McCook and staff posed on porch near Washington, D.C.] – Historic Reproduction

[Gen. Alexander McCook and staff posed on porch near Washington, D.C.], [between 1861 and 1865] — historic photograph
[Gen. Alexander McCook and staff posed on porch near Washington, D.C.], [between 1861 and 1865]. Historic photograph from the Washington DC 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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Alexander McDowell McCook, a Union general born in 1831, is pictured here with members of his staff posed on a porch near Washington, D.C. The Library of Congress dates the print to the Civil War years, 1861 to 1865, when the capital was ringed by fortifications and filled with army headquarters, camps, and officers awaiting orders. Group portraits like this one were common among officers of that era, recording units and the men who ran them, and they often circulated among families back home. Its setting on a domestic porch, rather than a battlefield or studio backdrop, offers a glimpse of the quieter side of military life near the capital.

Created / published[between 1861 and 1865]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1860-1870.Group portraits 1860-1870.Photographic prints 1860-1870.
NotesCivil War Photograph Collection.
SubjectsMcCook, Alexander McDowell,--1831-1903--Military life. Soldiers--Union--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,264 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-179589

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