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Brigadier General Rosencranz [i.e. Rosecrans] and Staff at Headquarters, Clarksburg, Virginia Item Info

Title:
Brigadier General Rosencranz [i.e. Rosecrans] and Staff at Headquarters, Clarksburg, Virginia
Artist:
Lovie, Henri
Date:
July 1861
Transcription:
Recto: "Gen Rosencranz [sic] & Staff at their Headquarters Clarksburg, Va. // Capt. Chs. Leib Quartermaster; Capt C. Kingsbury Jr. Aid de Camp [sic]; Joseph Darz, Jr. private secry; Capt. N. P. Richmond Adjutant; Brig. Gen. W. S. Rosecranz [sic].";Verso: "Parkersburgh [sic] Va. // A letter will reach you from Headquarters containing biographical notes. I am on my to Cairo. Sketch of Clarksburg etc tomorrow. I will stop at Yellow Springs at Mrs. Rosecranz and get you a daguerrotype or photograph of the general. The sketch is very good likeness of all. Send me some large envelopes to Cairo immed. to Charles Hotel to be called for."
Subjects:
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Rosecrans, William S.--(William Starke),--1819-1898 Generals--United States West Virginia Campaign, 1861
Condition:
Loss of paper on left and lower right corners; stains at upper corners; rips along vertical and horizontal folds .
Place:
West Virginia--Harrison--Clarksburg
Medium:
graphite on wove paper
Dimensions:
14 x 9 in.
Genre:
Image;StillImage
Coordinates:
39.2806451, -80.3445340999999
Source:
Original drawing location: CW-HL-WV-7/61d (Box 5.)
URI:
http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4483
Ref. Number:
(Becker)CW-HL-WV-7/61d
Collection:
America's Civil War Years: Multiple Perspectives
Tags:
Aides de campe Chair Officer Quartermaster Structure Table Uniform
Format:
image/jpeg
Attribution
Citation:
"Brigadier General Rosencranz [i.e. Rosecrans] and Staff at Headquarters, Clarksburg, Virginia", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2871.html