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Nicholson (John Page) Collection: Photographs (Forty-four) Illustrating General Sherman's Campaigns
in Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia, 1864: from the negatives in the possession of the War
Department, U.S.A., 1877
photCL 309
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Description
An album of 39 albumen photographs of
the aftermath of Civil War battles in Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia, 1864.
Background
John Page Nicholson (1842-1921) was a Civil War veteran and collector. From 1861 to 1865,
he served as regimental quartermaster with the 28th Pennsylvania Infantry regiment. After
the war, he returned to Philadelphia and started collecting Civil War books, manuscripts,
and photographs. He also translated and edited two volumes of Comte de Paris' History of the
Civil War in America. From 1885 to 1922, he served as recorder in chief of the Military
Order of the Loyal Legion, and was Secretary of the Board of Commissioners of Gettysburg
Monument.
Extent
1 Volume
(39 photographs in 1 disbound album)
Restrictions
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responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining
necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
Availability
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the Huntington Library for more information.