Wolcott family Civil War carte de visite album, ca. 1860-1866.

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Wolcott family Civil War carte de visite album, ca. 1860-1866.

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Album containg 93 carte de visite portraits of Union officers who fought in the Civil War, taken ca. 1860-1866. The album was collected and assembled by Joshua Huntington Wolcott for his grandson, Roger Wolcott, Jr., probably between 1877-1880. Subjects include Huntington F. Wolcott, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert Gould Shaw, among others, as well as a number of officers from the 2nd and 20th Massachusetts Infantry Regiments, among other regiments. There is also one photograph of an African-American soldier, Nicholas Said, a private with the 55th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. Includes one envelope of clippings originally found between the pages of the album and a letter from Roger Wolcott to his wife. Photographers include John Adams Whipple and Brady's National Portrait Gallery, among many others.

93 photographs in 1 album (in box) : cartes de visite, b&w ; 10 x 6 cm., in album 16 x 25 cm.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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