COLLECTION GUIDES

ca. 1861-ca. 1866

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

Abstract

This collection consists of one album containing 26 cartes de visite of soldiers from the 20th, 24th, 44th, and 45th Massachusetts Infantry Regiments of the Civil War.

Collection Description

This collection consists of one album containing 26 cartes de visite of soldiers from the 20th, 24th, 44th, and 45th Massachusetts Infantry Regiments of the Civil War. Included is a loose clipping of a poem memorializing the death of a soldier in 1863. Photographers include James Wallace Black, James Adams Whipple, Black & Batchelder, and Silsbee, Case, & Co., among others. Most of the photographs are identified.

Arrangement

These photos are arranged in the order in which they appear in the album.

Acquisition Information

This collection was a gift to the Massachusetts Historical Society from Katherine Homans in March 1955.

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

Vol. 1p. 1-5

Blank.

Vol. 1p. 6#58.1 Digital Content

Stevenson, Thomas Greeley (1836-1864).

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

Colonel, 24th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. "Killed at Battle of the Wilderness."

Vol. 1p. 7#58.2 Digital Content

Stevenson, Robert H.

Photographer unknown.

Major, 24th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, Company C.

Vol. 1p. 8#58.3 Digital Content

Lowell, James Jackson (1838-1862).

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

Lieutenant, 20th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment.

Vol. 1p. 9#58.4 Digital Content

Perkins, William E.

Taken by Black & Batchelder (Boston, Mass).

Lieutenant, 2nd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. Sergeant, 44th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment.

Vol. 1p. 10#58.5 Digital Content

Dwight, Howard (d. 1863).

Taken by Black & Batchelder (Boston, Mass).

Captain, 24th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment.

Includes loose clipping of poem Digital Content memorializing the death of Howard Dwight on 4 May 1863.

Vol. 1p. 11#58.6 Digital Content

Dwight, C.; Amory, G. G.; and Hammond, L.

Taken by E. Jacobs (New Orleans, La.).
Vol. 1p. 12#58.7 Digital Content

Pratt, William.

Taken by S. Masury (Boston, Mass.).

Captain, 24th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, Company D.

Vol. 1p. 13#58.8 Digital Content

Clark, Robert Farley.

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

Captain, 24th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, Company F.

Vol. 1p. 14-16

Blank.

Vol. 1p. 17#58.9 Digital Content

Stackpole, J. Lewis.

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

Captain, 24th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, Company I.

Vol. 1p. 18#58.10 Digital Content

Sargent, Daniel (b. 1838).

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

Lieutenant, 24th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, Company E.

Vol. 1p. 19#58.11 Digital Content

Unidentified.

Vol. 1p. 20#58.12 Digital Content

Gardner, George W.

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

Captain, 24th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, Company B.

Vol. 1p. 21#58.13 Digital Content

Turner, James H.

Taken by Silsbee, Case, & Co. (Boston, Mass.).

Lieutenant, 24th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, Company A.

Vol. 1p. 22#58.14 Digital Content

Homans, George Henry (d. 1890).

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

Captain, 45th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, Company K.

Vol. 1p. 23

Blank.

Vol. 1p. 24#58.15 Digital Content

Hooper, Charles H.

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

Colonel, 24th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment.

Vol. 1p. 25#58.16 Digital Content

Bell, James B.

Photographer unknown.

Captain, 24th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, Company C.

Vol. 1p. 26#58.17 Digital Content

Sumner, Edwin Vose (1797-1863).

Photographer unknown.Published by E. Anthony (Firm).

Major General.

Vol. 1p. 27#58.18 Digital Content

Redding, William F.

Taken by Silsbee, Case, & Co. (Boston, Mass.).

Captain, 24th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, Company A.

Vol. 1p. 28#58.19 Digital Content

Dwight, Chapman (b. 1844).

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

Rank and company unknown.

Vol. 1p. 29#58.20 Digital Content

Unidentified naval officer.

Photographer unknown.
Vol. 1p. 30#58.21 Digital Content

Sheridan, Philip Henry (1831-1888).

Taken by Charles DeForest Fredericks (New York, N.Y.).

Major General.

Vol. 1loose#58.22 Digital Content

Scott, Winfield (1786-1866).

Taken by Silsbee, Case, & Co. (Boston, Mass.).

Lieutenant General.

Vol. 1loose#58.23 Digital Content

Peabody, Oliver White (1834-1896).

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

Colonel, 45th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment.

Vol. 1loose#58.24 Digital Content

Unidentified colonel.

Taken by F. L. Lay (Boston, Mass.).
Vol. 1loose#58.25 Digital Content

Officers of the 24th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, field officers and staff, 1861.

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

(Left to right) Mellen, W. R. G., Chaplain. Anderson, John F. Osborn, Francis A. Stevenson, Thomas G., Colonel. Stevenson, Robert H. Green, Samuel Abbott. Hutchinson, William V. Curtis, Hall.

Vol. 1loose#58.26 Digital Content

"All Quiet on the Potomac."

Lithograph.Published by E. & H. T. Anthony (Firm).

Preferred Citation

Homans family Civil War carte de visite album, Photo. Coll. 58, 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:

Black, James Wallace, 1825-1896, photographer.
Whipple, John Adams, 1822-1891, photographer.

Organizations:

Black & Batchelder (Boston, Mass.), photographers.
Silsbee, Case, & Co. (Boston, Mass.), photographers.
United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 20th (1861-1865)--Photographs.
United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 24th (1861-1866)--Photographs.
United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 44th (1862-1863)--Photographs.
United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 45th (1862-1863)--Photographs.

Subjects:

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