Scouts and guides, Army of the Potomac
Summary
Title from Civil War caption books.
Caption from negative sleeve: Scouts and guides.
For key see Miller vol. 8, page 281.
Photo shows Brandy Station, Va., with Lieutenant Robert Klein, Third Indiana Cavalry, sitting on the ground next to Klein is his son. Standing at the back are James Doughty, James Cammock, and Henry W. Dodd. On the ground are Dan Plew, W.J. Lee, Wood, Sanford Magee, and John W. Landegon. Seated at the left is John M. Irby, and on the right is Daniel Cole. (from Miller, v.8, p. 281).
Source: Brandy Station, Irby and Plew info. provided by Jerry Williams, March 2011.)
Corresponding print is in LOT 4188.
Possibly taken in eastern Tennessee based on location of Klein and Doughty in 1864 (Source: S. Haley, 2014)
Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
General information about Civil war photographs is available at loc.gov
Forms part of: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 (Library of Congress).