A cavalry "orderly"

Title:: A cavalry "orderly"
Title (alt.):: Antietam, Md. October 1862. A cavalry orderly
Description:: From "War Memories" catalog: One morning in October, 1862, our photographer was approached by a cavalry "orderly," with the request: "Can you make a picture of my horse this morning" The photographer accommodated the soldier, and this is the view of one of those very useful soldiers, the cavalry "orderly" or bearer of "dispatches."
Photographer:: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
Date:: October 1862
Format:: Photographs
Genre:: Albumen prints
Portrait photographs
Location:: Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):: American Civil War 20th Massachusetts Regiment
Series:: War Memories: The War for the Union, 1861-1865
Subjects:: Cavalry
Soldiers
Horses
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Places:: Maryland > Washington (county) > Sharpsburg > Antietam National Battlefield Site (historic site)
Extent:: 1 photograph : albumen print ; sheet 8 x 10 cm
Permalink:: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/ww72h5875
Terms of Use:: No Copyright - United States
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.

Notes:: Title from "War Memories" catalog.
Alternative title from Milhollen and Mugridge.
"War Memories" catalog number: 619
Milhollen and Mugridge number: 150
Handwritten on item back: 219
Notes (date):: Date from "War Memories" catalog.
Notes (citation):: "War memories, the war for the Union 1861-1865 : catalogue of original photographic war views : photographic history of the war for the Union." Taylor & Huntington, 1890, Hartford, Conn.
Milhollen, Hirst D. and Mugridge, Donald H. "Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 : a catalog of copy negatives made from originals selected from the Mathew B. Brady Collection in the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress." Library of Congress, 1961, Washington.
Identifier:: 23_05_000243

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