Showing posts with label lieutenant. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lieutenant. Show all posts

Friday, May 22, 2026

Engraving of a Lost Photo of Lieutenant Cornelius Van Camp (1850's)

  

Engraving of a lost photo of Lieutenant Cornelius Van Camp who was serving with the 2nd US Cavalry Regiment at the time of his death, c. 1850s. Van Camp was killed at the Battle of the Wichita Village in Indian Territory (today known as Oklahoma) on October 1, 1858. His body was later sent home to be reburied in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in March 1859. The original photo was taken by photographer William L. Gill of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The engraving was published in the April 2, 1859 issue of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper.

 Source: Internet Archive.

More information: Lancaster Online.

Saturday, March 3, 2018

Painting of a Lost Daguerreotype of Lieutenant Ulysses S. Grant Probably Taken at Camp Salubrity in Louisiana (1845)


Painting of a lost daguerreotype of Lieutenant Ulysses S. Grant probably taken at Camp Salubrity in Louisiana, 1845. By artist T. V. Chominski. From McClure's Magazine.

Sunday, July 9, 2017

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Portrait of Union Lieutenant G.W. Brainard of the 7th Regiment New York State Militia Posing With His Sword During the Civil War


Portrait of Union Lieutenant G.W. Brainard of the 7th Regiment New York State Militia posing with his sword in an unidentified camp during the Civil War. Attributed to Mathew Brady.

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Thursday, January 1, 2015

Portrait of Lieutenant George Armstrong Custer Posing With a Dog During the Peninsula Campaign, Virginia (1862)


Portrait of Lieutenant George Armstrong Custer posing with a dog in front of a tent during the Peninsula Campaign, Virginia, 1862. Animated stereoscopic photographs.

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