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Five Confederate Generals who Fled to Mexico (J. B. Magruder, W. P. Hardeman, C. Wilcox, S. Price and T. H. Hindman)

Artist Unknown

CultureAmerican

DateOctober 9, 1865

MediumAlbumen print

DimensionsOverall, Image: 2 11/16 × 1 7/8 in. (6.8 × 4.8 cm)
Overall, Support: 3 1/2 × 2 3/4 in. (8.9 × 7 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of David L. Hack and Museum purchase, with funds from Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., by exchange

Object number98.32.286

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DescriptionThe David L. Hack Civil War Photography Collection. A photograph of five men collected together. Three are seated in the front while two stand behind them. The man in the center has white hair while the rest have dark hair. This is from _Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War_ (Hack Collection No. 2].

Label TextUnknown American Five Confederate Generals who Fled to Mexico (J. B. Magruder, W. P. Hardeman, C. Wilcox, S. Price and T. H. Hindman), October 9, 1865 Albumen print Gift and purchase, David L. Hack Collection These Confederate generals fled to Mexico at the end of the war fearing perhaps imprisonment/trial as war criminals or some other Northern retribution.Exhibition History"History of Photography," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photography Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va, Fall, 2001.