COLLECTION GUIDES

ca. 1860-1866

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 an album containing 93 carte de visite portraits of Union officers who fought in the Civil War, taken ca. 1860-1866. The album was collected and assembled by Joshua Huntington Wolcott for his grandson Roger Wolcott, Jr., probably between 1877-1880.

Collection Description

This collection consists of an album containing 93 carte de visite portraits of Union officers who fought in the Civil War, taken ca. 1860-1866. The album was collected and assembled by Joshua Huntington Wolcott for his grandson Roger Wolcott, Jr., probably between 1877-1880. Subjects include Huntington F. Wolcott, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert Gould Shaw, among others, as well as a number of officers from the 2nd and 20th Massachusetts Infantry Regiments, among other regiments. There is also one photograph of an African American soldier, Nicholas Said, a private with the 55th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. Included is one envelope of clippings originally found between the pages of the album and a letter from Roger Wolcott to his wife. Photographers include John Adams Whipple and Brady's National Portrait Gallery, among many others.

All of the photographs are identified and captioned in the hand of Joshua Huntington Wolcott. The album is inscribed in Wolcott's hand, "For my dear little grandson/ Roger Wolcott Jun." Included with the album are photocopies of clippings originally found between the album pages, as well as a transcription in Roger Wolcott's hand and dedicated to his wife of a passage by James Freeman Clarke.

Arrangement

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

Acquisition Information

Gift of the Wolcott family, through Samuel Wolcott, 1990.

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#70.1 Digital Content

Ellsworth, Elmer Ephraim (1837-1861), ca. 1861.

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

Inscribed with Ellsworth's signature.

Vol. 1p. 1#70.2 Digital Content

Winthrop, Theodore (d. 1861), ca. 1861.

Taken by Silsbee, Case, & Co. (Boston, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 2#70.3 Digital Content

Lowell, Charles (1835-1864), ca. 1864.

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

Brigadier General, 2nd Mass. Cavalry Regiment.

Vol. 1p. 2#70.4 Digital Content

Wolcott, Huntington F. (1846-1865), ca. 1861-1864.

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

Lieutenant, 2nd Mass. Cavalry Regiment, Co. I.

Vol. 1p. 3#70.5 Digital Content

Putnam, William Lowell (1840-1861), ca. 1861.

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

Lieutenant, 20th Mass. Infantry Regiment, Co. E.

Vol. 1p. 3#70.6 Digital Content

Lowell, James J. (1838-1862), ca. 1861-1862.

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

Lieutenant, 20th Mass. Infantry Regiment, Co. E.

Vol. 1p. 4#70.7 Digital Content

Lyon, Nathaniel, ca. 1861.

Photographer unknown.

Brigadier General.

Vol. 1p. 4#70.8 Digital Content

Kearney, Philip (1815-1862), ca. 1861-1862.

Taken by Henry Ulke (Washington, D.C.).

Major General.

Vol. 1p. 5#70.9 Digital Content

Perkins, James Amory (1836-1863), ca. 1861-1863.

Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 5#70.10 Digital Content

Lander, Frederick West (1821-1862), ca. 1861-1862.

Taken by Brady's National Portrait Gallery.

Brigadier General.

Vol. 1p. 6#70.11 Digital Content

Sumner, Edwin Vose (1797-1863), ca. 1861-1863.

Photographer unknown.

General.

Vol. 1p. 6#70.12 Digital Content

Mason, Philip D. (d. 1864) and Herbert C. Mason (1840-1864), ca. 1864.

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

Philip D. Mason was Lieutenant, 1st U.S. Artillery Regiment. Herbert C. Mason was Captain, 20th Mass. Infantry Regiment, Co. H.

Vol. 1p. 7#70.13 Digital Content

Willard, Sydney (1831-1862), ca. 1861-1862.

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

Major, 35th Mass. Infantry Regiment. Co. I.

Vol. 1p. 7#70.14 Digital Content

Peabody, Oliver W. (b. 1834), ca. 1863-1865.

Taken by Antoine Sonrel (Boston, Mass.).

Captain, 45th Mass. Infantry Regiment.

Vol. 1p. 8#70.15 Digital Content

Bowditch, Nathaniel (1840-1863), 1860.

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

Lieutenant, 1st Mass. Cavalry, Co. L.

Vol. 1p. 8#70.16 Digital Content

Ropes, Henry (1839-1863), ca. 1861-1863.

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

Lieutenant, 20th Mass. Infantry Regiment, Co. K.

Vol. 1p. 9#70.17 Digital Content

Stearns, Frazer Augustus (1840-1862), ca. 1861-1862.

Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 9#70.18 Digital Content

Stone, Goodwin Atkins (1841-1864), ca. 1861-1864.

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

Captain, 2nd Mass. Cavalry Regiment, Co. K and Co. L.

Vol. 1p. 10#70.19 Digital Content

Dwight, Wilder (1832-1862), ca. 1860-1862.

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

Lieutenant Colonel, 2nd Mass. Infantry Regiment.

Vol. 1p. 10#70.20 Digital Content

Dwight, Howard (d. 1863), ca. 1861-1863.

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

Captain and Asst. Adj., U.S. Volunteers; Captain, 4th Missouri Cavalry Regiment, Co. E.

Vol. 1p. 11#70.21 Digital Content

Foote, Andrew Hull (1806-1863), ca. 1861-1862.

Taken by Allen & Horton (Boston, Mass.).Photograph of artwork; original artist unknown.

Commander, U.S. Navy.

Vol. 1p. 11#70.22 Digital Content

Dupont, Samuel Francis (1803-1865), ca. 1861-1865.

Taken by Earles Gallery (Philadelphia, Penn.).

Admiral, U.S. Navy.

Vol. 1p. 12#70.23 Digital Content

Ware, Robert (1833-1863), ca. 1862-1863.

Taken by John Payson Soule (Boston, Mass.).

Surgeon, 44th Mass. Infantry Regiment.

Vol. 1p. 12#70.24 Digital Content

Fox, Thomas Bayley (1838-1863), ca. 1861-1863.

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

Captain, 2nd Mass. Infantry Regiment, Co. K and Co. C.

Vol. 1p. 13#70.25 Digital Content

Cary, Richard (1836-1862), ca. 1861-1862.

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

Captain, 2nd Mass. Infantry Regiment, Co. G.

Vol. 1p. 13#70.26 Digital Content

Williams, W. B., ca. 1861-1865.

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

Lieutenant.

Misidentified in caption as "Col. Paul Revere."

Vol. 1p. 14[omitted]

[Photograph of Gen. Mansfield missing.]

Vol. 1p. 14#70.27 Digital Content

Mudge, Charles R. (1840-1863), ca. 1860-1863.

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

Lieutenant Colonel, 2nd Mass. Infantry Regiment.

Vol. 1p. 15#70.28 Digital Content-#70.29 Digital Content

Shaw, Robert Gould (1838-1863), ca. 1861-1863.

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

Colonel, 54th Mass. Infantry Regiment.

Vol. 1p. 16#70.30 Digital Content

Mills, Charles J., ca. 1863-1865.

Taken by Antoine Sonrel (Boston, Mass.).

Major, 2nd Mass. Infantry Regiment, Co. I.

Vol. 1p. 16#70.31 Digital Content

Wolcott, Huntington F. (1846-1865), ca. 1860-1865.

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

2nd Mass. Cavalry Regiment, Co. I.

Vol. 1p. 17#70.32 Digital Content

Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865), ca. 1861-1865.

Photographer unknown.
Vol. 1p. 17#70.33 Digital Content

Johnson, Andrew (1808-1875), ca. 1861-1865.

Taken by Alexander Gardner (Washington, D.C.).
Vol. 1p. 18#70.34 Digital Content

Grant, Ulysses Simpson (1822-1885), ca. 1861-1865.

Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 18#70.35 Digital Content

Meade, George Gordon (1815-1872), ca. 1861-1865.

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

Major General.

Vol. 1p. 19#70.36 Digital Content

Sheridan, Philip Henry (1831-1888), ca. 1861-1865.

Photographer unknown.

Misidentified in caption as "Maj. Gen. Sherman."

Vol. 1p. 19#70.37 Digital Content

Sherman, Thomas (1813-1879), ca. 1861-1865.

Photographer unknown.

Misidentified in caption as "Maj. Gen. Sheridan."

Vol. 1p. 20#70.38 Digital Content

Anderson, Robert (1805-1871), ca. 1861-1865.

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

Brigadier General.

Vol. 1p. 20#70.39 Digital Content

"The Monitor, 2 guns, and Merrimac, 10 guns, in Hampton Roads, March 9th, 1862," ca. 1863-1865.

Taken by Goupil's (New York, N.Y.).Photograph of artwork; original art by Currier & Ives.
Vol. 1p. 21#70.40 Digital Content

Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865), 6 Mar. 1865.

Taken by Henry Franklin Warren (Waltham, Mass.).

Caption on photograph: "The last Photograph of President Lincoln. Taken on the Balcony at the White House, March 6, 1865, by H. F. Warren, Waltham, Mass."

Vol. 1p. 21#70.41 Digital Content

Seward, William Henry (1801-1872), ca. 1861-1865.

Taken by Mathew Brady (New York, N.Y.).
Vol. 1p. 22#70.42 Digital Content

Halleck, Henry Wager (1815-1872), ca. 1861-1865.

Taken by Brady's National Portrait Gallery; published by E. Anthony (New York, N.Y.).
Vol. 1p. 22#70.43 Digital Content

Stanton, Edwin McMasters (1814-1869), ca. 1862-1865.

Photographer unknown.

Secretary of War, 1862-1868.

Vol. 1p. 23#70.44 Digital Content

Scott, Winfield (1786-1866), ca. 1861-1866.

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

Major General.

Vol. 1p. 23#70.45 Digital Content

McClellan, George Brinton (1826-1885), ca. 1862.

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

Major General.

Vol. 1p. 24#70.46 Digital Content

Franklin, William Buel (1823-1903), ca. 1861-1865.

Taken by R. W. Addis at McClees Gallery (Washington, D.C.).

Brigadier General.

Vol. 1p. 24#70.47 Digital Content

Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) and Tad, ca. 1861-1865.

Taken by Brady's National Portrait Gallery.
Vol. 1p. 25#70.48 Digital Content

Hunter, David (1802-1886), ca. 1861-1865.

Photographer unknown.

Major General.

Vol. 1p. 25#70.49 Digital Content

Butler, Benjamin Franklin (1818-1893), ca. 1861-1865.

Taken by Brady's National Portrait Gallery.

Major General.

Vol. 1p. 26#70.50 Digital Content

Rosecrans, William Starke (1819-1898), ca. 1861-1865.

Taken by Brady's National Portrait Gallery.

Major General.

Vol. 1p. 26#70.51 Digital Content

Heintzelman, Samuel Peter (1805-1880), ca. 1861-1865.

Taken by Brady's National Portrait Gallery.
Vol. 1p. 27#70.52 Digital Content

Hancock, Winfield Scott (1824-1886), ca. 1861-1865.

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

Major General.

Vol. 1p. 27#70.53 Digital Content

Gibbon, John (1827-1896), ca. 1861-1865.

Taken by J. E. McClees (Philadelphia, Penn.).

Major General.

Vol. 1p. 28#70.54 Digital Content

Hooker, Joseph (1814-1879), ca. 1861-1865.

Taken by Brady's National Portrait Gallery.

Major General.

Vol. 1p. 28#70.55 Digital Content

Gilmore, Quincy Adams (1825-1888), ca. 1861-1865.

Photographer unknown.

Major General.

Vol. 1p. 29#70.56 Digital Content

Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss (1816-1894), ca. 1861-1865.

Taken by Brady's National Portrait Gallery.

Major General.

Vol. 1p. 29#70.57 Digital Content

McPherson, James Birdseye (1828-1864), ca. 1861-1864.

Taken by Brady's National Portrait Gallery.

Major General.

Vol. 1p. 30#70.58 Digital Content

Burnside, Ambrose Everett (1824-1881), ca. 1861-1865.

Photographer unknown.

Major General.

Vol. 1p. 30#70.59 Digital Content

Farragut, David Glasgow (1801-1790), ca. 1861-1865.

Taken by Brady's National Portrait Gallery.

Admiral, U.S. Navy.

Vol. 1p. 31#70.60 Digital Content

Gibbs, Alfred (1823-1868), ca. 1861-1865.

Taken by Brady's National Portrait Gallery.

Brigadier General.

Vol. 1p. 31#70.61 Digital Content

Wolcott, Huntington F. (1846-1865), ca. 1861-1865.

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

Lieutenant, 2nd Mass. Cavalry Regiment, Co. I.

Vol. 1p. 32#70.62 Digital Content

Unidentified officer, ca. 1861-1865.

Taken by Alexander Gardner (Washington, D.C.).

Misidentified in caption as "Maj. Gen. Slocum."

Vol. 1p. 32#70.63 Digital Content

Thomas, George H. (1816-1870), ca. 1861-1865.

Taken by Brady's National Portrait Gallery.

Major General.

Vol. 1p. 33#70.64 Digital Content

Custer, George Armstrong (1839-1876), ca. 1861-1865.

Taken by Brady's National Portrait Gallery.

Brigadier General.

Vol. 1p. 33#70.65 Digital Content

Dix, John Adams (1798-1879), ca. 1861-1865.

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

Major General.

Vol. 1p. 34#70.66 Digital Content

Logan, John Alexander (1826-1886), ca. 1861-1865.

Photographer unknown.

Major General.

Vol. 1p. 34#70.67 Digital Content

Poe, Orlando Metcalf (1832-1895), ca. 1861-1865.

Taken by Brady's National Portrait Gallery.

Brigadier General.

Vol. 1p. 35#70.68 Digital Content

Schofield, John McAllister (1831-1906), ca. 1861-1865.

Taken by Brady's National Portrait Gallery.

Major General.

Vol. 1p. 35[omitted]

[Photograph of "Sheridan" missing.]

Vol. 1p. 36#70.69 Digital Content

Wild, Edward Augustus (1825-1891), ca. 1863-1864.

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

Brigadier General.

Vol. 1p. 36#70.70 Digital Content

Grant, Ulysses Simpson (1822-1885), ca. 1861-1865.

Taken by Henry Franklin Warren (Waltham, Mass.).

Brigadier General.

Vol. 1p. 37#70.71 Digital Content

Canby, Edward Richard Sprigg (1817-1873), ca. 1861-1865.

Taken by Gurney & Son (New York, N.Y.).
Vol. 1p. 37#70.72 Digital Content

Farragut, David Glasgow (1801-1870), ca. 1861-1865.

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

Admiral, U.S. Navy.

Vol. 1p. 38#70.73 Digital Content

Mitchell, Ormsby Macknight (1809-1862), ca. 1861-1862.

Photographer unknown.

Major General.

Vol. 1p. 38#70.74 Digital Content

Hancock, Winfield Scott (1824-1886), ca. 1861-1865.

Taken by J.E. McClees (Philadelphia, Penn.).

Major General.

Vol. 1p. 39#70.75 Digital Content

Bartlett, William Francis (1840-1876), ca. 1865.

Taken by Black & Case (Boston, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 39#70.76 Digital Content

Unidentified officer, ca. 1863-1864.

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

Misidentified in caption as "Gen. Sprague."

Vol. 1p. 40#70.77 Digital Content

Goldsborough, Louis Malesherbes (1805-1877), ca. 1861-1865.

Taken by James Wallace Black (Boston, Mass.).
Vol. 1p. 40#70.78 Digital Content

Davis, Charles H. (1807-1877), ca. 1861-1865.

Taken by Brady's National Portrait Gallery.

Rear-Admiral, U.S. Navy.

Vol. 1p. 41#70.79 Digital Content

Smith, William Farrar (1824-1903), ca. 1861-1865.

Taken by Brady's National Portrait Gallery.

Major General.

Vol. 1p. 41#70.80 Digital Content

Howard, Oliver Otis (1830-1909), ca. 1861-1865.

Taken by Brady's National Portrait Gallery.
Vol. 1p. 42#70.81 Digital Content

Stevenson, Thomas Greely (1836-1864), ca. 1864.

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

Brigadier General.

Vol. 1p. 42#70.82 Digital Content

Peabody, Everett (d. 1862), ca. 1861-1862.

Photographer unknown.

Colonel, 25th Missouri Regiment.

Vol. 1p. 43#70.83 Digital Content

Abbott, Edward G. (1841-1862), ca. 1861-1862.

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

Captain, 2nd Mass. Infantry Regiment, Co. A.

Vol. 1p. 43#70.84 Digital Content

Abbott, Henry L. (1842-1864), ca. 1863-1864.

Photographer unknown.

Major, 20th Mass. Infantry Regiment, Co. I.

Vol. 1p. 44#70.85 Digital Content

Sedgwick, John (1813-1864), ca. 1861-1864.

Taken by Brady's National Portrait Gallery.

Major General.

Vol. 1p. 44#70.86 Digital Content

Wadsworth, James Samuel (1807-1864), ca. 1861-1864.

Taken by Brady's National Portrait Gallery.

Brigadier General.

Vol. 1p. 45[omitted]

[Photograph of Col. Peter A. Porter missing.]

Vol. 1p. 45#70.87 Digital Content

Revere, Edward H. R. (d. 1862), ca. 1861-1862.

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

Surgeon, 20th Mass. Infantry Regiment.

Vol. 1p. 46#70.88 Digital Content

Washburn, Edward (1836-1864), ca. 1864.

Taken by S. L. Walker (Worcester, Mass.).

Captain, 53rd Mass. Infantry Regiment, Co. I.

Vol. 1p. 46#70.89 Digital Content

Washburn, Francis (1839-1865), ca. 1861-1865.

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

Lieutenant Colonel, 4th Mass. Cavalry Regiment.

Vol. 1p. 47#70.90 Digital Content

Griswold, Charles E. (1835-1864), ca. 1861-1864.

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

Colonel, 56th Mass. Infantry Regiment.

Vol. 1p. 47#70.91 Digital Content

Hidden, [ ], (d. 1862), ca. 1861-1862.

Taken by Brady's National Portrait Gallery.
Vol. 1p. 48#70.92 Digital Content

Shurtleff, Nathaniel B. (1838-1862), ca. 1861-1862.

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

Captain, 12th Mass. Infantry Regiment, Co. D.

Vol. 1p. 48#70.93 Digital Content

Said, Nicholas (1836-1882), ca. 1863-1866.

Photographer unknown.

Private, 55th Mass. Infantry Regiment, Co. I.

Name misspelled in caption as "Saib."

Preferred Citation

Wolcott family Civil War carte de visite album, Photo. Coll. 70, 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:

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885--Photographs.
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875--Photographs.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Photographs.
Said, Nicholas, 1836-1882--Photographs.
Shaw, Robert Gould, 1837-1863--Photographs.
Wolcott, Huntington Frothingham, 1846-1865--Photographs.
Wolcott, Joshua Huntington, 1804-1891.

Organizations:

United States. Army--African American troops--Photographs.
United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1861-1864)--Photographs.
United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 20th (1861-1865)--Photographs.
United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 55th (1863-1865)--Photographs.

Subjects:

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