COLLECTION GUIDES

1862-ca. 1865

Guide to the Photograph Collection

Restrictions on Access

Use of the originals is restricted. This collection is available as color digital facsimiles (see links below).


Collection Summary

Title: 20th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment carte de visite album
Dates: 1862-ca. 1865
Physical Description: 43 photographs in 1 box : cartes de visite, b & w ; 10 x 6 cm.
Call Number: Photo. Coll. 67
Location: In the Massachusetts Historical Society Photo. Archives.
Repository:
Massachusetts Historical Society
1154 Boylston StreetBoston, MA 02215library@masshist.org

Abstract

This collection consists of carte de visite portraits of members of the 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, taken during the Civil War.

Collection Description

This collection consists of 43 carte de visite portraits of members of the 20th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment of the Civil War, taken from 1862 to ca. 1865. Subjects include Henry Livermore Abbott, Captain William Francis Bartlett, Caspar Crowninshield, Edward N. Hallowell, Norwood Penrose Hallowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., William Raymond Lee, James Jackson Lowell, George Brinton McClellan, Francis Palfrey, William Lowell Putnam, Paul Joseph Revere, John Sedgwick, and Edwin Vose Sumner, among many others. There are also a small number of cartes de visite of members of the 9th Massachusetts Artillery Battery and the 7th Michigan Infantry Regiment. Photographers include James Wallace Black, Frederick L. Lay, and John Adams Whipple of Boston, Mass., as well as Brady's National Photographic Art Gallery of Washington, D.C., among others.

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Arrangement

The photographs in this collection are arranged in the order in which they originally appeared in the disbound album.

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Processing Information

Volume disbound January 2002; the album was discarded due to preservation concerns. The photographs are numbered in the order in which they appeared in the album. All captions and information from the album pages has been reproduced here.

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Acquisition Information

Donor unknown.

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Restrictions on Access

Use of the originals is restricted. This collection is available as color digital facsimiles (see links below).

Detailed Description of the Collection

Box 1#67.1 Digital Content

Major General George Brinton McClellan (1826-1885), 1862.

Taken by James Wallace Black (Boston, Mass.).
Box 1#67.2 Digital Content

Major General Edwin Vose Sumner (1797-1863), 1862.

Taken by Brady's National Portrait Galleries (New York & Washington).

Commanded 2nd Corps.

Box 1#67.3 Digital Content

Major General John Sedgwick (1813-1864), 1864.

Photographer unknown.

Commanded 2nd Division, 2nd Corps.

Box 1#67.4 Digital Content

Brig. General Napoleon Jackson Tecumseh Dana (1833-1863), n.d.

Taken by F. Gutekunst (Philadelphia, Penn.).
Box 1#67.5 Digital Content

Colonel William Raymond Lee (1807-1891), 1862.

Taken by Frederick L. Lay (Boston, Mass.).
Box 1#67.6 Digital Content

Lt. Colonel Francis Winthrop Palfrey (1831-1889), 1862.

Taken by James Wallace Black (Boston, Mass.).
Box 1#67.7 Digital Content

Major Colonel Paul Joseph Revere (1832-1863), 1862.

Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).

Killed at Gettysburg.

Box 1#67.8 Digital Content

Lt. Adj. Charles L. Peirson (1834-1920), 1862.

Taken by Frederick L. Lay (Boston, Mass.).
Box 1#67.9 Digital Content

Assistant Surgeon Nathan Hayward (1830-1866), 1862.

Taken by Frederick L. Lay (Boston, Mass.).
Box 1#67.10 Digital Content

Captain Henry M. Tremlett (1833-1865), [ca. 1863-1864].

Taken by Case & Getchell (Boston, Mass.).
Box 1#67.11 Digital Content

Captain Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1835-1941), 1862.

Taken by James Wallace Black (Boston, Mass.).

Company A.

Box 1#67.12 Digital Content

Lt. Charles A. Whittier (1841-1862), 1862.

Taken by Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries (New York & Washington, D.C.).

Company A.

Box 1#67.13 Digital Content

Captain Ferdinand Dreher (ca. 1822-1863), [ca. 1861-1863].

Taken by Frederick L. Lay (Boston, Mass.).

Company B.

Box 1#67.14 Digital Content

Lt. Alois Babo (1831-1861), 1861.

Taken by Frederick L. Lay (Boston, Mass.).

Company C. Killed at Ball's Bluff, Va.

Box 1#67.15 Digital Content

Lt. Reinhold Wesselhoeft (1838-1861), 1861.

Taken by Frederick L. Lay (Boston, Mass.).

Company C. Killed at Ball's Bluff, Va.

Box 1#67.16 Digital Content

Captain William Francis Bartlett (1840-1876), 1862.

Taken by James Wallace Black (Boston, Mass.).

Company I.

Box 1#67.17 Digital Content

Lt. George Nelson Macy (1837-1875), 1862.

Taken by James Wallace Black (Boston, Mass.).

Company I.

Box 1#67.18 Digital Content

Lt. Henry Livermore Abbott (1842-1864), 1862.

Taken by Black & Case (Boston, Mass.).

Company I. Killed at Wilderness, Va., May 1864.

Box 1#67.19 Digital Content

Captain John C. Putnam (b. ca. 1835), 1862.

Taken by Frederick L. Lay (Boston, Mass.).

Company H.

Box 1#67.20 Digital Content

Captain Norwood Penrose Hallowell (1839-1914), 1862.

Taken by Broadbent & Co. (Philadelphia, Penn.).

Company H.

Box 1#67.21 Digital Content

Lt. Henry H. Sturgis (ca. 1838-1881), 1862.

Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).

Company H.

Box 1#67.22 Digital Content

Captain Caspar Crowninshield (1837-1897), 1862.

Taken by James Wallace Black (Boston, Mass.).

Company D.

Box 1#67.23 Digital Content

Lt. Henry M. Bond (1836-1864), 1864.

Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).

Killed at Wilderness, Va., May 1864.

Box 1#67.24 Digital Content

Lt. Herbert C. Mason, 1863.

Taken by James Wallace Black (Boston, Mass.).

Company H.

Box 1#67.25 Digital Content

Captain George A. Schmitt, 1862.

Taken by Frederick L. Lay (Boston, Mass.).

Company C.

Box 1#67.26 Digital Content

Lt. James Jackson Lowell (1837-1862), 1862.

Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).

Company E.

Box 1#67.27 Digital Content

Lt. William Lowell Putnam (1840-1861), 1862.

Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).

Company E.

Box 1#67.28 Digital Content

Lt. William F. Milton (ca. 1837-1905), [ca. 1862-1865].

Taken by Black & Case (Boston, Mass.).

Company G.

Box 1#67.29 Digital Content

Lt. William F. Milton (ca. 1837-1905), 1862.

Taken by James Wallace Black (Boston, Mass.).

Company G.

Box 1#67.30 Digital Content

Captain Edward N. Hallowell (1837-1871), 1862.

Taken by F. Gutekunst (Philadelphia, Penn.).

Company F.

Box 1#67.31 Digital Content

Lt. Arthur R. Curtis (1842-1925), 1862.

Taken by James Wallace Black (Boston, Mass.).

Company I.

Box 1#67.32 Digital Content

Lt. Henry Ropes (1839-1863), 1863.

Photographer unknown.

Company K.

Box 1#67.33 Digital Content

Colonel Norman Jonathan Hall (1837-1867), [ca. 1860-1862].

Taken by James Wallace Black (Boston, Mass.).

7th Michigan Infantry Regiment.

Box 1#67.34 Digital Content

Lt. Henry E. Wilkins, 1863.

Taken by Case & Getchell (Boston, Mass.).
Box 1#67.35 Digital Content

Unidentified soldier, Lt. Col. Francis W. Palfrey, and Lt. William F. Milton, 1862.

Taken by James Wallace Black (Boston, Mass.).
Box 1#67.36 Digital Content

Unidentified soldier, Lt. Col. Francis W. Palfrey, and Lt. William F. Milton, 1862.

Taken by James Wallace Black (Boston, Mass.).
Box 1#67.37 Digital Content

Unidentified field staff and officers, [ca. 1860-1862].

Taken by James Wallace Black (Boston, Mass.).
Box 1#67.38 Digital Content

Nine unidentified officers of the 20th Massachusetts Infantry, [ca. 1860-1862].

Taken by James Wallace Black (Boston, Mass.).
Box 1#67.39 Digital Content

Captain John Bigelow (1841-1917), 1862.

Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).

9th Massachusetts Artillery Battery.

Box 1#67.40 Digital Content

Lt. Richard S. Milton (d. 1904), 1863.

Taken by Black & Case (Boston, Mass.).

9th Massachusetts Artillery Battery.

Box 1#67.41 Digital Content

Lt. A[lexander H.] Whittaker (1842-1863), 1863.

Taken by James Wallace Black (Boston, Mass.).

9th Massachusetts Artillery Battery
Inscription: "Killed at Gettysburg."
[N.b.: Whittaker (also spelled Whitaker) was wounded at Gettysburg but died at Roxbury, Mass.]

Box 1#67.42 Digital Content

Lt. Christopher Erickson (1842-1863), 1863.

Taken by James Wallace Black (Boston, Mass.).

9th Massachusetts Artillery Battery.

Box 1#67.43 Digital Content

Lt. George W. Foster, 1864.

Taken by James Wallace Black (Boston, Mass.).

9th Massachusetts Artillery Battery.

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Preferred Citation

20th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment carte de visite album, Photo Coll. 67, Massachusetts Historical Society Photo. Archives.

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Access Terms

This collection is indexed under the following headings in ABIGAIL, the online catalog of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related persons, organizations, or subjects should search the catalog using these headings.

Persons:

Abbott, Henry Livermore, 1842-1864--Photographs.
Bartlett, William Francis, 1840-1876--Photographs.
Black, James Wallace, 1825-1896, photographer.
Crowninshield, Caspar, 1837-1897--Photographs.
Hallowell, Edward N., d. 1871--Photographs.
Hallowell, Norwood Penrose, 1839-1914--Photographs.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1841-1935--Photographs.
Lay, Frederick L., photographer.
Lee, William Raymond, 1807-1891--Photographs.
Lowell, James Jackson, d. 1862--Photographs.
McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885--Photographs.
Palfrey, Francis Winthrop, 1831-1889--Photographs.
Putnam, William Lowell, 1846-1861--Photographs.
Revere, Paul Joseph, 1832-1863--Photographs.
Sedgwick, John, 1813-1864--Photographs.
Sumner, Edwin Vose, 1797-1863--Photographs.
Whipple, John Adams, 1822-1891, photographer.

Organizations:

Brady National Photographic Art Gallery (Washington, D.C.), photographers.
United States. Army. Massachusetts Artillery Battery, 9th (1862-1865)--Photographs.
United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 20th (1861-1865)--Photographs.
United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 7th (1861-1865)--Photographs.

Subjects:

Cartes de visite.
Soldiers--Massachusetts--Photographs.
Soldiers--Michigan--Photographs.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs.

Collection processed by Megan K. Friedel, Jan. 2003.

Revised 15 Dec. 2014

Encoded by Michael Rush, Sep. 2003