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PHOTOGRAPH SCENE IN PLEASANT VALLEY, MARYLAND

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 600.00 USD
PHOTOGRAPH SCENE IN PLEASANT VALLEY, MARYLAND
<B>PHOTOGRAPH SCENE IN PLEASANT VALLEY, MARYLAND 1862.</B></I> This photograph of the house of Mrs. Lee, situated in Pleasant Valley, Maryland, was selected by General McClellan, after the battle of Antietam, as a temporary home for Mrs. McClellan, who paid a brief visit to the army. Two of the officers shown in this group were members of General Burnside’s staff, and one of General McClellan’s. It was intended that General McClellan should make one of the group, but a heavy cannonading on the Virginia side of the Potomac about an hour before this photograph was taken, drew him away. This is the albumen image taken by Alex Gardner October, of 1862. This photograph printed by A. Gardner, Washington D.C. and is in <I>Gardner’s Photographic Sketch Book of the Civil War</B></I>, 1866. 9” x 7” mounted on card 15.75” x 12”. <BR><BR><B>Condition:</B></I> Fine, nice contrast.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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