A Guide to the Photograph of Haxall's House, 1862 Haxall's House, Photograph, 1862 10796

A Guide to the Photograph of Haxall's House, 1862

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Accession Number 10796

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

10796

Title

Photograph of Haxall's House 1862

Physical Characteristics

This collection consists of one item.

Language

English

Administrative Information

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Use Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Photograph of Haxall's House, 1862 ca., Accession # 10796, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This photograph was purchased from the Krainik Gallery of Falls Church, Virginia, on November 2, 1988.

Biographical/Historical Information

The battle was one of the Seven Days' battles [June 25--July 1, 1862] during McClellan's Peninsular Campaign; its aim was the capture of the Confederate capital at Richmond. For further information on this campaign consult: Clifford Dowdey, The Seven Days, 1964; Richard Wheeler, Sword Over Richmond, 1986; and, Stephen W. Sears, George B. McClellan: The Young Napoleon, 1988. These studies are available in Alderman Library.

Scope and Content Information

This item is a wet-plate albumen photograph, 1862, from the series Brady's Album Gallery. No. 485: "Haxall's House, Harden Landing, Chas. [Charles] City Co., Va. Used as a Hospital after the Battle of White Oak Swamp, and near to which General [George B.] McClellan's headquarters were pitched, on 30th June, 1862." The house is a two-story, two-chimney structure with a front porch and an enclosed side porch. The upper level bears four visible dormers. There is an unidentified person sitting beside an upstairs window and a woman seated on the porch which also has two saddled horses hitched to its railing.