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New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
Major General Winfield Scott Hancock and Division Generals, Cold Harbor, Virginia
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.

Major General Winfield Scott Hancock and Division Generals, Cold Harbor, Virginia

Artist Mathew B. Brady (American, 1823-1896)
CultureAmerican
DateJune 11 or 12, 1864
MediumAlbumen print
Dimensions9 13/16 × 11 1/2 in. (24.9 × 29.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of David L. Hack and Museum purchase, with funds from Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., by exchange
Object number98.32.235
Collections
Not on view
DescriptionThis is five photographs of army commanders mounted on a board with clipped autographs of each officer beneath his image. Four of the pictures show individual portraits focusing on the faces of the men. The fifth picture shows five men gathered outside under a tree.The David L. Hack Civil War Photography Collection. This is from _Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War_ (Hack Collection No. 2].