A Guide to Bostwick Brothers Civil War Photographs 1863-1864 Brothers, Bostwick Photographs, 1863-1864 11016

A Guide to Bostwick Brothers Civil War Photographs 1863-1864

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The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 11016

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

11016

Title

Bostwick Brothers Civil War Photographs 1863-1864

Physical Characteristics

5 photographs (salt prints): sepia; 22x15 cm. and smaller

Language

English

Abstract

The photographs are views of the Army of the Potomac at Brandy Station and Ingalls Siding, Culpeper, Va., including headquarters of Major General George Gordon Meade and General Marsena R. Patrick.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Bostwick Brothers Civil War Photographs, 1863-1864, Accession #11016, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

These photographs were purchased by the Library from Jerry N. Showalter, Bookseller, Ivy, Virginia, on July 19, 1991.

Biographical/Historical Information

Brandy Station was a station of the Southern Railway (then the Orange and Alexandria Railway) and a chief supply point for both armies. Brandy Station and its environs was the scene of the greatest cavalry battle of the Civil War. Due to Culpeper's strategic importance as the terminus of two roads, one branching out towards northern Virginia and the other towards the Shenandoah Valley the area was often a hotly contested battleground between the North and the South.

Scope and Content Information

This collection consists of five [salt ?] prints of the camp of the Army of the Potomac at Brandy Station and Ingalls Siding, Culpeper, Virginia, 1863-1864, taken by Bostwick Brothers Artists.

The photographs include the following inscriptions:
1) Officer Depot of Repairs, Cap. E.J.S., Ingalls Siding, Va., Jan 1864
2) untitled, wagons in a row with cottages in the background
3) Brandy Station, Va., Bostwick Brothers Artists, Army of the Potomac
4) Major General [George Gordon] Meade's Headquarters, Brandy Station, Bostwick Brothers Artists, Army of the Potomac
5) General [Marsena Rudolph ?] Patrick's Headquarters, Brandy Station, Bostwick Brothers Artists, Army of the Potomac