80pa111 Guide to the Confederate and Union Generals Photographic Collection, ca. 1860s Processed by: Staff, Richard N. Leigh; machine-readable finding aid created by: Christian Trombetta Special Collections
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 Confederate and Union Generals Photographic Collection, ca. 1860s 80PA111 Unknown .5 cu. ft. (1 box): 15 items The materials are in English. University of Kentucky Special Collections
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 Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893 Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876 Buckner, S. B. (Simon Bolivar), 1823-1914 Confederate States of America Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 Davis, Varina, 1826-1906 Hill, Ambrose Powell, 1825-1865 Jackson, Thomas Jonathan, 1824-1863 Johnston, Albert Sidney, 1803-1862 Johnston, Joseph Eggleston, 1807-1891 Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 Marshall, Humphrey, 1812-1872 Price, Sterling, 1809-1867 Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883 Thompson, Meriwether Jeff, 1826-1876 United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works

During the Civil War, a popular photographic process was albumen printing, and the most popular format for the print was the carte de visite. Albumen (the whites of eggs) was coated on photographic paper, to bond light-sensitive chemicals to the image. When done properly, this produced an image with superior tonality marked by purplish blacks and rich, warm color.

Since numerous albumen prints could quickly be manufactured from a single negative, popular albumen photographs could be cheaply mass-produced. Such was the case for this collection of Civil War generals (predominantly Confederate), that were distributed nationally much like baseball cards are today. This collection, while not comprehensive, does include portraits of Jefferson Davis, Alexander Hamilton Stephens, Robert E. Lee, and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.

The Confederate and Union Generals Photographic Collection, ca. 1860s consists of fifteen images of Civil War generals. The first fourteen are albumen carte de visite portraits of individual Confederate generals and the last image is a gelatin developing-out paper (DOP) copy print portraying a group of Union generals.

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 Container List Jefferson Davis (1808-1889); President of Confederate States of America, 1 001 1860's Subjects: Civil War, 1861-1865 Confederate States of America Historical figures Men Military. Brigadier General Humphrey Marshall, (1812-1872) C.S.A.; U.S. Congressman (1849-1852, 1855-1859); diplomat to China (1852-1854) and elected to the Confederate Congress, 1 002 1860's Subjects: Civil War, 1861-1865 Confederate States of America Men Military. Brigadier General Meriwether Jeff Thompson (1826-1876) C.S.A.; Commander of the First Military District in Missouri, 1 003 1860's Subjects: Civil War, 1861-1865 Confederate States of America Men Military. Major General Simon Bolivar Buckner (1823-1914) C.S.A.; organized Kentucky State Militia, one of the most successful Confederate Generals 1 004 1860's Subjects: Civil War, 1861-1865 Confederate States of America Men Military. Major General Sterling Price (1809-1867) C.S.A.; governor of Missouri, 1 005 1860's Subjects: Civil War, 1861-1865 Confederate States of America Men Military. General Albert Sidney Johnston (1083-1862) C.S.A.; Commanded western theater; killed at the Battle of Shiloh, 1 006 1860's Subjects: Civil War, 1861-1865 Confederate States of America Men Military. General Joseph Eggleston Johnston (1807-1891) C.S.A.; most senior ranked U.S. military figure to join the Confederacy, 1 007 1860's Subjects: Civil War, 1861-1865 Confederate States of America Men Military. Lieutenant General Ambrose Powell Hill (1825-1865) C.S.A.; killed during the siege of Petersburg, 1 008 1860's Subjects: Civil War, 1861-1865 Confederate States of America Men Military. Alexander Hamilton Stephens (1812-1883); Vice-President of the Confederate States of America, 1 009 1860's Subjects: Civil War, 1861-1865 Confederate States of America Men Military. General Robert Edward Lee (1807-1870) C.S.A.; eventually named commander-in-chief of Confederate forces, 1 010 1860's Subjects: Civil War, 1861-1865 Confederate States of America Men Military. General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (1818-1893) C.S.A.; commander at Fort Sumter, 1 011 1860's Subjects: Civil War, 1861-1865 Confederate States of America Men Military. General Braxton Bragg (1817-1876), C.S.A.; lead the Army of Tennessee to victory at the Battle of Chickamauga, 1 012 1860's Subjects: Civil War, 1861-1865 Confederate States of America Men Military. Lieutenant General Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson (1824-1863) C.S.A.; major victories at Manassas (twice), Antietam, Chancellorsville, 1 013 1860's Subjects: Civil War, 1861-1865 Confederate States of America Men Military. Varina Davis (Mrs. Jefferson Davis) (1826-1906); First Lady of the Confederate States of America, 1 014 1860's Subjects: Historical figures Women. A group picture of Union Generals: Jefferson C. Davis, William. B. Hagan, Oliver O. Howard, John A. Logan, Joseph A. Mouer, William T. Sherman and Dewey W. Slocum, 1 015 1880's Subjects: Civil War, 1861-1865 Confederate States of America Men Military.