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Nicholson (John Page) Collection: Photograph album of groups of Civil War veterans at battlefield
sites, and related images
photCL 305
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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library Photo Archives
Title: Photograph album of groups of Civil War veterans at battlefield sites, and related
images
Identifier/Call Number: photCL 305
Physical Description:
1 Volume
(29 photographs)
Date (inclusive): 1862-1880s (bulk 1880s)
Abstract: An album of group portraits of Civil
War veterans, chiefly at Gettysburg, 1880s. Also, two photographs of incidents of war by
Mathew Brady, 1862.
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at
the Huntington Library for more information.
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from
or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The
responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining
necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
photCL 305, 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.
An album of photographs of groups of people gathered for reunions and commemorations of the
Civil War, chiefly in the 1880s. The album contains albumen prints, 7 x 9 inches, mounted on
board, with no handwriting or identifications, though many are at Gettysburg. Some groups
are posed at battlefield monuments that reveal locations, such as one at Little Round Top,
and another of five veterans posed with historian John B. Bachelder at the 29th Ohio
Infantry Monument, Gettysburg. Men are often wearing badges or ribbons with a star, and
sometimes military hats. A few women also appear in the groups. Two photographs depict
crowds gathered to hear a speaker on a platform, and another shows a group standing in front
of a tree posted with a sign reading "Here is where Gen. Reynolds was killed, July 1, 1863."
Identified photographers are: P. S. Weaver (view of a group on Culp's Hill at Gettysburg),
W. H. Tipton, Rile, and Rile & Kerns. Two mounted photographs by Mathew Brady, 1862,
were laid in the album: "No. 207. Soldiers' Graves at Bull Run" and "No. 237. Ruins at
Manassas." The Brady images and two others loose from the album are housed in Box 2.
Processed by Huntington Library staff circa mid-20th century. In 2021, Suzanne Oatey
created a finding aid.
Former call number: 120792
Title supplied by cataloger. Binder's title on spine: "Photographs. Groups."
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 306,
photCL 307, photCL 308, photCL 309.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863 -- Monuments
United States -- History -- Civil War,
1861-1865 -- Battlefields
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 --
Veterans
Veterans -- United States -- History -- 19th century
War memorials
Photographs
Photograph albums
Portraits
Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns
Bachelder, John B. (John
Badger), 1825-1894
Brady, Mathew B., approximately
1823-1896
Nicholson, John P. (John Page),
1842-
Reynolds, John Fulton, 1820-1863 -- Death
and burial
Tipton, William
H., 1850-1929