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Nicholson (John Page) Collection: Collection of Civil War photographs including views of City Point
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photCL 306
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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Collection of Civil War photographs including views of City Point and
Richmond
Identifier/Call Number: photCL 306
Physical Description:
1 Volume
(51 photographs)
Date (inclusive): approximately 1862-1868
Abstract: A group of 51 Civil War photographs
including barracks at City Point, soldiers, army camps, prisons, and various other
subjects.
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
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photCL 306. The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Gertrude M. Nicholson, through the agency of Robert O. Schad, September
1922.
This album was received as part of the Nicholson collection of papers, manuscripts and
books related to the Civil War.
A collection of various Civil War photographs that were bound into an album (now disbound),
and were compiled by John P. Nicholson, Civil War veteran and collector. The albumen prints
are approximately 10 x 12 1/2 inches, mounted on boards, with a few small, amateur
photographs pasted on backs of some boards. The album begins with views of City Point by
William Hathaway, including General U.S. Grant's headquarters and other barracks, and
civilian men and women aboard a steamboat. Views in Richmond depict Libby Prison, building
ruins, and Jefferson Davis' residence. Other subjects are: Lookout Mountain, Tennessee;
soldiers and officers; an army camp at Scottstown, Alabama; an army bridge created from
boats at Fredericksburg, Virginia (1862); U.S. Colored Troops standing in formation at Camp
William Penn, Philadelphia (approximately 1863); Citizens' Volunteer Hospital; and a group
of Black and white children, men, and women at "Scott House, opposite Fredericksburg." There
are two photographs of illustrations by Civil War artist James E. Taylor depicting the
Battle of Vermillion Bayou and Custer's charge through a Cheyenne village, Wyoming (1868).
The album is disbound, and four photographs have been matted and housed in Box 2.
Processed by Huntington Library staff circa mid-20th century. In 2021, Suzanne Oatey
created a finding aid.
John Page Nicholson papers and Civil War collection, mssNI 1-990. Additional volumes of
photographs from the Nicholson collection: photCL 302, photCL 303, photCL 304, photCL 305,
photCL 307, photCL 308, photCL 309.
Former call number: 70520. Title supplied by cataloger. Binder's title on spine: "War
Photographs."
Subjects and Indexing Terms
African Americans -- Virginia
Camp William Penn (La Mott,
Pa.)
City Point (Hopewell, Va.)
Lookout Mountain (Appalachian
Mountains)
United States -- History -- Civil War,
1861-1865
United States -- History -- Civil War,
1861-1865 -- Battlefields
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation,
African American
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and
prisons
Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources
Libby Prison
United States. Colored
Troops