[President Abraham Lincoln, Major General John A. McClernand (right), and E. J. Allen (Allan Pinkerton, left), Chief of the Secret Service of the United States, at Secret Service Department, Headquarters Army of the Potomac, near  Antietam, Maryland]

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[President Abraham Lincoln, Major General John A. McClernand (right), and E. J. Allen (Allan Pinkerton, left), Chief of the Secret Service of the United States, at Secret Service Department, Headquarters Army of the Potomac, near Antietam, Maryland]

Alexander Gardner|Abraham Lincoln|John Alexander McClernand|Allan Pinkerton

Date
October 4, 1862
Medium
Albumen silver print from glass negative
Dimensions
Image: 22.4 x 18 cm (8 13/16 x 7 1/16 in.) Mount: 29.2 x 20.7 cm (11 1/2 x 8 1/8 in.)
Object type
Photograph
Classification
Photographs
Object number
2005.100.1221
Credit line
Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005

Artist information

American, Glasgow, Scotland 1821–1882 Washington, D.C.|American, Hardin County, Kentucky 1809–1865 Washington, D.C.|American, Breckinridge County, Kentucky 1812–1900 Springfield, Illinois|American (born Scotland), Glasgow 1819–1884 Chicago

Subjects and terms

  • American Civil War
  • Tents
  • Abraham Lincoln
  • Men
  • Generals

The Met object ID 286616. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.