ca. 1861-1867
Guide to the Photograph Collection
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.
Codman, Charles R. (1829-1918),
ca. 1862. Colonel.
Taken by
Peabody, Oliver White (1834-1896),
ca. 1862. Lieutenant Colonel.
Taken by
Sturgis, Russell (d. 1899),
ca. 1862. Major.
Taken by
Dewson, Francis A. (d. 1901),
ca. 1862-1865. Lieutenant.
Taken by
Winsor, Gersham C.,
ca. 1863. Lieutenant.
Taken by
Andrew, John A. (1818-1867),
ca. 1861-1862. Governor of Massachusetts.
Taken by
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865),
ca. 1863-1864.
Taken by
Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss (1816-1894). Brigadier General.
Published by
Treadwell, Joshua B. (d. 1885),
ca. 1863-1865. Lieutenant Assistant Surgeon.
Taken by
Murdock, Joseph (d. 1884),
ca. 1861-1862. Captain, Co. G.
Taken by
Darland, Edward F. (d. 1892),
ca. 1862-1865. Captain, Co. F.
Taken by
Bumstead, Nathaniel Willis,
ca. 1810-1862. Captain, Co. D.
Taken by
Homan, George Henry (d. 1890),
ca. 1861-1865. Captain, Co. K.
Taken by
Robinson, John Howard,
ca. 1861-1862. Lieutenant.
Taken by
Winsor, Alfred, Jr.,
ca. 1860-1862. Lieutenant, Co. H.
Taken by
Tappan, Lewis W., Jr. (d. 1897),
ca. 1861. Captain.
Taken by
Post, Albert K.,
ca. 1861-1865. Lieutenant, Co. I.
Taken by
Hardy, Alpheus H.,
ca. 1862-1865. Lieutenant, Co. E.
Taken by
Thaxter, Samuel (d. 1898),
ca. 1863-1865. Lieutenant, Co. D.
Taken by
Ware, Moses Everett (d. 1907),
ca. 1861-1862. Lieutenant, Co. G.
Taken by
Gardner, Harrison (d. 1899), ca. 1863-1865. Lieutenant, Co. C.
Taken by
Emmons, John Frank,
ca. 1861-1862. Lieutenant, Co. E.
Taken by
Bond, William S. (d. 1899),
ca. 1862-1865. Lieutenant, Co. B.
Taken by
Ticknor, Benjamin H.,
ca. 1861-1862. Lieutenant, Co. G.
Taken by
Whittaker, Lewis Richard, n.d. Lieutenant, Co. C.
Photographer unknown.
Bond, Henry M.,
ca. 1862-1865. 1st Sergeant, Co. D.
Taken by
Denny, George P. (d. 1885),
ca. 1861-1865. Captain, Co. A.
Taken by
Pond, George E. (d. 1899),
ca. 1864-1865. Lieutenant, Co. A.
Taken by
Richardson, Edward B.,
ca. 1863-1865. Lieutenant, Co. A.
Taken by
[Unidentified Asian man with fan.], n.d.
Taken by the
Rich, Charles O.,
ca. 1861-1865. Captain, Co. I.
Taken by
Gore, Henry W.,
ca. 1861-1862. Lieutenant, Co. C, 3[?]th [illegible] Mass.
Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
Taken by
Everett, Edward. (1794-1865),
ca. 1865.
Taken by
Churchill, Joseph M. (d. 1886),
ca. 1866. Captain, Co. B.
Taken by
Denny, George Parkman (d. 1885),
ca. 1863-1865. Lieutenant Captain.
Taken by
Murdock, Joseph (d. 1884),
1862. Captain, Co. G.
Taken by
Kinsley, Edward W. (b. 1829),
ca. 1865-1872.
Taken by
Chittenden, Albert A .,
ca. 1865-1867. Lieutenant.
Taken by
Barstow, Charles W.,
ca. 1863-1865. 1st Sergeant, Co. A.
Taken by
Watson, George A.,
ca. 1861-1862. Sergeant, Co. A.
Taken by
Buttler, William R. (d. 1867),
ca. 1863-1864. Sergeant, Co. A.
Taken by
Sumner, Charles B.,
ca. 1861-1865. Sergeant, Co. A.
Taken by
Wheaton, William E. (d. 1893),
ca. 1864-1865. Sergeant, Co. A.
Taken by
Lovett, Augustus S.,
ca. 1861-1862. Corporal, Co. A.
Taken by
Hubbard, Charles Eustis,
ca. 1861. Corporal, Co. A.
Taken by
Chittenden, Albert A.,
ca. 1861-1862. Corporal, Co. A.
Taken by
Merriam, Henry E.,
ca. 1862-1865. Corporal, Co. A.
Taken by
Shapleigh, Samuel B.,
ca. 1864-1865. Co. A.
Taken by
Lunt, Edmund Sidney (d. 1898),
ca. 1863-1865. Co. A.
Taken by
Coleman, Moses J. (d. 1905),
ca. 1863-1865. Co. A.
Taken by
Winslow, Henry T. (d. 1863),
ca. 1861-1863. Co. A.
Taken by
Fox, George E. (d. 1863),
ca. 1862-1863. Co. A.
Taken by
Buss, Edward W. (d. 1903),
ca. 1861-1865. Co. A.
Taken by
Morse, John R.,
ca. 1863-1866. Co. A.
Taken by
Atkinson, William B. (d. 1895),
ca. 1863-1865.
Taken by
Hale, E. Thomas (d. 1868),
ca. 1861-1865. Co. A.
Taken by
Brooks, Charles H. (d. 1905),
1863. Co. A.
Taken by
Mann, Albert W.,
ca. 1863-1866. Co. A.
Taken by
Poland, William,
ca. 1864-1865. Co. A.
Taken by
Willcutt, Lyman D. (d. 1907),
ca. 1861-1862. Co. A.
Taken by
Bliss, Henry S.,
ca. 1861-1862. Co. A.
Taken by
Bates, Cyrus N.,
ca. 1861-1865. Co. A.
Taken by
Putnam, Frank L., n.d. Co. A.
Photographer unknown.
Porter, Henry Kirk,
ca. 1862-1863. Corporal, Co. A.
Taken by
Hale, Abraham G. R. (d. 1905),
ca. 1861-1862. Co. A.
Taken by
Plimpton, William P., n.d. Co. A.
Photographer unknown.
Morse, Edwin T.,
ca. 1861-1865. Co. A.
Taken by
Dean, Franklin H.,
ca. 1861-1865. Co. A.
Taken by
Tower, George W. (d. 1872),
ca. 1863-1864. Co. A.
Taken by
Whitney, L. Henry,
ca. 1865. Co. A.
Taken by
Wilmonton, George (d. 1906),
ca. 1861. Co. A.
Taken by
Richardson, Swartz (d. 1872),
ca. 1864-1865. Co. A.
Taken by
Kelley, Thomas (d. 1891),
ca. 1863-1865. Musician, Co. K.
Taken by
Brooks, George (d. 1863),
ca. 1861-1863. Co. A.
Taken by
Shapleigh, Frank A. (d. 1906),
ca. 1864-1865. Co. A.
Taken by
Jones, Henry D.,
ca. 1864-1865.
Taken by
Leonard, Charles H., n.d. Co. A.
Taken by
Shapleigh, Thomas W.,
ca. 1864-1865. Co. A
Taken by
Halleck, Henry Wager (1815-1872). Major General,
USA.
Published by
Meade, George Gordon (1815-1872). Major General, USA.
Published by
Butterfield, Daniel (1831-1901). Major General,
USV.
Published by
McClellan, George Brinton (1826-1885),
ca. 1861-1862. Major General, USA.
Taken by
Rosecrans, William Starke (1819-1894). Major General, XIV
Corps.
Published by
Howard, Oliver Otis (1830-1909). Major General, Army of
Tennessee, Confederate States of America.
Published by
Butler, Benjamin Franklin (1818-1893). Major General.
Published by
Thomas, George Henry (1816-1870). Major General, USV.
Published by
Sigel, Franz (1824-1902). Major General, USA.
Published by
Schenck, Robert Cumming (1809-1890). Major General,
USA.
Published by
Foster, J. G. Major General.
Published by
Dix, John Adams (1798-1879). Major General, USA.
Published by
Grant, Ulysses S. (1822-1885),
ca. 1863-1864. Lieutenant General, USA.
Taken by
Sedgwick, John (1813-1864). Major General, USV.
Published by
Sprague, William (1830-1915),
ca. 1861-1862. Governor of Rhode Island.
Taken by
Hancock, Winfield Scott (1824-1886). Major General, USA.
Published by
Beauregard, P. G. T. (1818-1893). General, Confederate
States of America.
Published by
Bragg, Braxton (1817-1876). Lieutenant General, Army of
Tennessee, Confederate States of America.
Published by
Lee, Robert E. (1807-1870). General, Confederate States of
America.
Published by
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.