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45th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regimental Photograph Album,

ca. 1861-1867

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Collection Summary

Abstract

This collection consists of one album containing carte de visite portrait photographs of members of the 45th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the Civil War.

Collection Description

This collection consists of one album containing carte de visite portrait photographs of members of the 45th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. Subjects also include portraits of Mass. Gov. John A. Andrew and Rhode Island Gov. William Sprague, as well as portraits of various Union and Confederate officers. The photographs were taken ca. 1861-1867 by photographers James Wallace Black, Edward L. Allen, and Clifford & Shapleigh of Boston, Mass., as well as George Kendall Warren of Cambridgeport, Mass., among many others. All of the photographs are black and white.

Acquisition Information

Donor unknown.

Arrangement

The photographs in this collection are arranged in the order in which they appear in the album.

Detailed Description of the Collection

Unless otherwise noted, all subjects were members of the 45th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment.

Vol. 1p. 1#114.1

Codman, Charles R. (1829-1918)
, ca. 1862. Colonel.

Taken by
John Adams Whipple
(Boston, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 1#114.2

Peabody, Oliver White (1834-1896)
, ca. 1862. Lieutenant Colonel.

Taken by
Antoine Sonrel
(Boston, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 2#114.3

Sturgis, Russell (d. 1899)
, ca. 1862. Major.

Taken by
John Adams Whipple
(Boston, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 2#114.4

Dewson, Francis A. (d. 1901)
, ca. 1862-1865. Lieutenant.

Taken by
Edward L. Allen
(Boston, Mass,).
Vol. 1p. 3#114.5

Winsor, Gersham C.
, ca. 1863. Lieutenant.

Taken by
George Kendall Warren
(Cambridgeport, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 3#114.6

Andrew, John A. (1818-1867)
, ca. 1861-1862. Governor of Massachusetts.

Taken by
James Wallace Black
(Boston, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 4#114.7

Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
, ca. 1863-1864.

Taken by
Case & Getchell (Boston, Mass.)
.
Vol. 1p. 4#114.8

Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss (1816-1894)
. Brigadier General.

Published by
E. Anthony (New York, N.Y.)
from a negative by
Brady's National Portrait Gallery (Washington, D.C.)
.
Vol. 1p. 5#114.9

Treadwell, Joshua B. (d. 1885)
, ca. 1863-1865. Lieutenant Assistant Surgeon.

Taken by
Miller & Rowell (Boston, Mass.)
.
Vol. 1p. 5#114.10

Murdock, Joseph (d. 1884)
, ca. 1861-1862. Captain, Co. G.

Taken by
James Wallace Black
(Boston, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 6#114.11

Darland, Edward F. (d. 1892)
, ca. 1862-1865. Captain, Co. F.

Taken by
Edward L. Allen
(Boston, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 6#114.12

Bumstead, Nathaniel Willis
, ca. 1810-1862. Captain, Co. D.

Taken by
James Wallace Black
(Boston, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 7#114.13

Homan, George Henry (d. 1890)
, ca. 1861-1865. Captain, Co. K.

Taken by
Frederic L. Lay
(Boston, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 7#114.14

Robinson, John Howard
, ca. 1861-1862. Lieutenant.

Taken by
James Wallace Black
(Boston, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 8#114.15

Winsor, Alfred, Jr.
, ca. 1860-1862. Lieutenant, Co. H.

Taken by
James Wallace Black
(Boston, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 8#114.16

Tappan, Lewis W., Jr. (d. 1897)
, ca. 1861. Captain.

Taken by
George Kendall Warren
(Lowell, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 9#114.17

Post, Albert K.
, ca. 1861-1865. Lieutenant, Co. I.

Taken by
Fredricks & Co. (New York, N.Y.)
.
Vol. 1p. 9#114.18

Hardy, Alpheus H.
, ca. 1862-1865. Lieutenant, Co. E.

Taken by
Edward L. Allen
(Boston, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 10#114.19

Thaxter, Samuel (d. 1898)
, ca. 1863-1865. Lieutenant, Co. D.

Taken by
George Kendall Warren
(Cambridgeport, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 10#114.20

Ware, Moses Everett (d. 1907)
, ca. 1861-1862. Lieutenant, Co. G.

Taken by
James Wallace Black
(Boston, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 11#114.21

Gardner, Harrison (d. 1899)
, ca. 1863-1865. Lieutenant, Co. C.

Taken by
George Kendall Warren
(Cambridgeport, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 11#114.22

Emmons, John Frank
, ca. 1861-1862. Lieutenant, Co. E.

Taken by
James Wallace Black
(Boston, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 12#114.23

Bond, William S. (d. 1899)
, ca. 1862-1865. Lieutenant, Co. B.

Taken by
Edward L. Allen
(Boston, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 12#114.24

Ticknor, Benjamin H.
, ca. 1861-1862. Lieutenant, Co. G.

Taken by
James Wallace Black
(Boston, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 13#114.25

Whittaker, Lewis Richard
, n.d. Lieutenant, Co. C.

Photographer unknown.
Vol. 1p. 13#114.26

Bond, Henry M.
, ca. 1862-1865. 1st Sergeant, Co. D.

Taken by
Edward L. Allen
(Boston, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 14#114.27

Denny, George P. (d. 1885)
, ca. 1861-1865. Captain, Co. A.

Taken by
Frederic L. Lay
(Boston, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 14#114.28

Pond, George E. (d. 1899)
, ca. 1864-1865. Lieutenant, Co. A.

Taken by
Clifford & Shapleigh (Boston, Mass.)
.
Vol. 1p. 15#114.29

Richardson, Edward B.
, ca. 1863-1865. Lieutenant, Co. A.

Taken by
George Kendall Warren
(Cambridgeport, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 15#114.30

[Unidentified Asian man with fan.], n.d.

Taken by the
Addis Gallery (Washington, D.C.)
.
Vol. 1p. 16#114.31

Rich, Charles O.
, ca. 1861-1865. Captain, Co. I.

Taken by
John Adams Whipple
.
Vol. 1p. 16#114.32

Gore, Henry W.
, ca. 1861-1862. Lieutenant, Co. C, 3[?]th [illegible] Mass. Volunteer Infantry Regiment.

Taken by
James Wallace Black
.
Vol. 1p. 17#114.33

Everett, Edward. (1794-1865)
, ca. 1865.

Taken by
Black & Case (Boston, Mass.)
.
Vol. 1p. 17#114.34

Churchill, Joseph M. (d. 1886)
, ca. 1866. Captain, Co. B.

Taken by
Edward L. Allen
(Boston, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 18#114.35

Denny, George Parkman (d. 1885)
, ca. 1863-1865. Lieutenant Captain.

Taken by
George Kendall Warren
(Cambridgeport, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 19#114.36

Murdock, Joseph (d. 1884)
, 1862. Captain, Co. G.

Taken by
James Wallace Black
(Boston, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 20#114.37

Kinsley, Edward W. (b. 1829)
, ca. 1865-1872.

Taken by
James Wallace Black
(Boston, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 20#114.38

Chittenden, Albert A .
, ca. 1865-1867. Lieutenant.

Taken by
Black & Case (Boston, Mass.)
.
Vol. 1p. 21#114.39

Barstow, Charles W.
, ca. 1863-1865. 1st Sergeant, Co. A.

Taken by
Charles T. Sylvester
(Boston, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 21#114.40

Watson, George A.
, ca. 1861-1862. Sergeant, Co. A.

Taken by
James Wallace Black
(Boston, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 22#114.41

Buttler, William R. (d. 1867)
, ca. 1863-1864. Sergeant, Co. A.

Taken by
Case & Getchell (Boston, Mass.)
.
Vol. 1p. 22#114.42

Sumner, Charles B.
, ca. 1861-1865. Sergeant, Co. A.

Taken by
H. A. Smith
(Southbridge, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 23#114.43

Wheaton, William E. (d. 1893)
, ca. 1864-1865. Sergeant, Co. A.

Taken by
Clifford & Shapleigh (Boston, Mass.)
.
Vol. 1p. 23#114.44

Lovett, Augustus S.
, ca. 1861-1862. Corporal, Co. A.

Taken by
James Wallace Black
(Boston, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 24#114.45

Hubbard, Charles Eustis
, ca. 1861. Corporal, Co. A.

Taken by
George Kendall Warren
(Lowell, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 24#114.46

Chittenden, Albert A.
, ca. 1861-1862. Corporal, Co. A.

Taken by
James Wallace Black
(Boston, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 25#114.47

Merriam, Henry E.
, ca. 1862-1865. Corporal, Co. A.

Taken by
Edward L. Allen
(Boston, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 25#114.48

Shapleigh, Samuel B.
, ca. 1864-1865. Co. A.

Taken by
Clifford & Shapleigh (Boston, Mass.)
.
Vol. 1p. 26#114.49

Lunt, Edmund Sidney (d. 1898)
, ca. 1863-1865. Co. A.

Taken by
George Kendall Warren
(Cambridgeport, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 26#114.50

Coleman, Moses J. (d. 1905)
, ca. 1863-1865. Co. A.

Taken by
Antoine Sonrel
(Boston, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 27#114.51

Winslow, Henry T. (d. 1863)
, ca. 1861-1863. Co. A.

Taken by
Partridge
(Bridgeport, Conn.).
Vol. 1p. 27#114.52

Fox, George E. (d. 1863)
, ca. 1862-1863. Co. A.

Taken by
Edward L. Allen
(Boston, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 28#114.53

Buss, Edward W. (d. 1903)
, ca. 1861-1865. Co. A.

Taken by
Robert J. Chute
(Boston, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 28#114.54

Morse, John R.
, ca. 1863-1866. Co. A.

Taken by
Chandler Seaver, Jr.
(Boston, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 29#114.55

Atkinson, William B. (d. 1895)
, ca. 1863-1865.

Taken by
Antoine Sonrel
(Boston, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 29#114.56

Hale, E. Thomas (d. 1868)
, ca. 1861-1865. Co. A.

Taken by
Charles DeForest Fredricks
(New York, N.Y.).
Vol. 1p. 30#114.57

Brooks, Charles H.
(d. 1905), 1863. Co. A.

Taken by
Edward P. Fisher & Bro. (Boston, Mass.)
.
Vol. 1p. 30#114.58

Mann, Albert W.
, ca. 1863-1866. Co. A.

Taken by
Chandler Seaver, Jr.
(Boston, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 31#114.59

Poland, William
, ca. 1864-1865. Co. A.

Taken by
Clifford & Shapleigh (Boston, Mass.)
.
Vol. 1p. 31#114.60

Willcutt, Lyman D. (d. 1907)
, ca. 1861-1862. Co. A.

Taken by
James Wallace Black
(Boston, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 32#114.61

Bliss, Henry S.
, ca. 1861-1862. Co. A.

Taken by
Silsbee, Case, & Co. (Boston, Mass.)
.
Vol. 1p. 32#114.62

Bates, Cyrus N.
, ca. 1861-1865. Co. A.

Taken by
Samuel Masury
(Boston, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 33#114.63

Putnam, Frank L.
, n.d. Co. A.

Photographer unknown.
Vol. 1p. 33#114.64

Porter, Henry Kirk
, ca. 1862-1863. Corporal, Co. A.

Taken by
Edward L. Allen
(Boston, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 34#114.65

Hale, Abraham G. R. (d. 1905)
, ca. 1861-1862. Co. A.

Taken by
James Wallace Black
(Boston, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 34#114.66

Plimpton, William P.
, n.d. Co. A.

Photographer unknown.
Vol. 1p. 35#114.67

Morse, Edwin T.
, ca. 1861-1865. Co. A.

Taken by
H. A. Smith
(Southbridge, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 35#114.68

Dean, Franklin H.
, ca. 1861-1865. Co. A.

Taken by
H. A. Smith
(Southbridge, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 36#114.69

Tower, George W. (d. 1872)
, ca. 1863-1864. Co. A.

Taken by
Case & Getchell (Boston, Mass.)
.
Vol. 1p. 36#114.70

Whitney, L. Henry
, ca. 1865. Co. A.

Taken by
Henry Franklin Warre
n (Waltham, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 37#114.71

Wilmonton, George (d. 1906
), ca. 1861. Co. A.

Taken by
George Kendall Warren
(Cambridgeport, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 37#114.72

Richardson, Swartz (d. 1872)
, ca. 1864-1865. Co. A.

Taken by
Clifford & Shapleigh (Boston, Mass.
).
Vol. 1p. 38#114.73

Kelley, Thomas (d. 1891)
, ca. 1863-1865. Musician, Co. K.

Taken by
Charles T. Sylvester
(Boston, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 38#114.74

Brooks, George (d. 1863)
, ca. 1861-1863. Co. A.

Taken by
James Wallace Black
(Boston, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 39#114.75

Shapleigh, Frank A.
(d. 1906), ca. 1864-1865. Co. A.

Taken by
Clifford & Shapleigh (Boston, Mass.)
.
Vol. 1p. 39#114.76

Jones, Henry D.
, ca. 1864-1865.

Taken by
Clifford & Shapleigh (Boston, Mass.)
.
Vol. 1p. 40#114.77

Leonard, Charles H.
, n.d. Co. A.

Taken by
Bundy & Williams (New Haven, Conn.)
.
Vol. 1p. 40#114.78

Shapleigh, Thomas W.
, ca. 1864-1865. Co. A

Taken by
Clifford & Shapleigh (Boston, Mass.)
.
Vol. 1p. 41#114.79

Halleck, Henry Wager (1815-1872)
. Major General, USA.

Published by
E. & H. T. Anthony (New York, N.Y.)
from a negative by
Brady's National Portrait Gallery (Washington, D.C.)
.
Vol. 1p. 41#114.80

Meade, George Gordon (1815-1872)
. Major General, USA.

Published by
E. & H. T. Anthony (New York, N.Y.)
.
Vol. 1p. 42#114.81

Butterfield, Daniel (1831-1901)
. Major General, USV.

Published by
E. & H. T. Anthony (New York, N.Y.)
from a negative by
Brady's National Portrait Gallery (Washington, D.C.)
.
Vol. 1p. 42#114.82

McClellan, George Brinton (1826-1885)
, ca. 1861-1862. Major General, USA.

Taken by
Allen & Horton (Boston, Mass.)
.
Vol. 1p. 43#114.83

Rosecrans, William Starke (1819-1894)
. Major General, XIV Corps.

Published by
E. & H. T. Anthony (New York, N.Y.)
from a negative by
Brady's National Portrait Gallery (Washington, D.C.)
.
Vol. 1p. 43#114.84

Howard, Oliver Otis (1830-1909)
. Major General, Army of Tennessee, Confederate States of America.

Published by
E. & H. T. Anthony (New York, N.Y.)
from a negative by
Brady's National Portrait Gallery (Washington, D.C.)
.
Vol. 1p. 44#114.85

Butler, Benjamin Franklin (1818-1893)
. Major General.

Published by
E. & H. T. Anthony (New York, N.Y.)
from a negative by
Brady's National Portrait Gallery (Washington, D.C.)
.
Vol. 1p. 44#114.86

Thomas, George Henry (1816-1870)
. Major General, USV.

Published by
E. & H. T. Anthony (New York, N.Y.)
.
Vol. 1p. 45#114.87

Sigel, Franz (1824-1902)
. Major General, USA.

Published by
E. & H. T. Anthony (New York, N.Y.)
.
Vol. 1p. 45#114.88

Schenck, Robert Cumming (1809-1890)
. Major General, USA.

Published by
E. & H. T. Anthony (New York, N.Y.)
from a negative by
Brady's National Portrait Gallery (Washington, D.C.)
.
Vol. 1p. 46#114.89

Foster, J. G.
Major General.

Published by
E. & H. T. Anthony (New York, N.Y.)
from a negative by
Brady's National Portrait Gallery (Washington, D.C.)
.
Vol. 1p. 46#114.90

Dix, John Adams (1798-1879)
. Major General, USA.

Published by
E. & H. T. Anthony (New York, N.Y.)
from a negative by
Brady's National Portrait Gallery (Washington, D.C.)
.
Vol. 1p. 47#114.91

Grant, Ulysses S. (1822-1885
), ca. 1863-1864. Lieutenant General, USA.

Taken by
Case & Getchell (Boston, Mass.)
.
Vol. 1p. 47#114.92

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

Published by
E. & H. T. Anthony (New York, N.Y.)
from a negative by
Brady's National Portrait Gallery (Washington, D.C.)
.
Vol. 1p. 48#114.93

Sprague, William (1830-1915)
, ca. 1861-1862. Governor of Rhode Island.

Taken by
Allen & Horton (Boston, Mass.)
.
Vol. 1p. 48#114.94

Hancock, Winfield Scott (1824-1886)
. Major General, USA.

Published by
E. & H. T. Anthony (New York, N.Y.)
from a negative by
Brady's National Portrait Gallery (Washington, D.C.)
.
Vol. 1p. 49#114.95

Beauregard, P. G. T. (1818-1893)
. General, Confederate States of America.

Published by
E. & H. T. Anthony (New York, N.Y.)
from a negative by
Brady's National Portrait Gallery (Washington, D.C.)
.
Vol. 1p. 49#114.96

Bragg, Braxton (1817-1876)
. Lieutenant General, Army of Tennessee, Confederate States of America.

Published by
E. & H. T. Anthony (New York, N.Y.)
.
Vol. 1p. 50#114.97

Lee, Robert E. (1807-1870)
. General, Confederate States of America.

Published by
E. & H. T. Anthony (New York, N.Y.)
.

Preferred Citation

45th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment photograph album, Photo. Coll. 114, Massachusetts Historical Society Photo Archives.

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:

Allen, Edward L., photographer.
Andrew, John A. (John Albion), 1818-1867--Photographs.
Black, James Wallace, 1825-1896, photographer.
Sprague, William, 1830-1915--Photographs.
Warren, George Kendall, 1834-1884, photographer.

Organizations:

Clifford & Shapleigh (Boston, Mass.), photographers.
Confederate States of America. Army--Officers--Photographs.
United States. Army--Civil War, 1861-1865--Officers--Photographs.
United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 45th (1862-1863)--Photographs.

Subjects:

Card photograph albums.
Cartes de visite.
Governors--Massachusetts--Photographs.
Governors--Rhode Island--Photographs.
Portrait photographs.
Soldiers--Photographs.