The President and General McClellan on the Battle-field of Antietam

Photograph shows President Lincoln and General McClellan seated inside a tent on the Battlefield of Antietam.

Ostendorf, no. 66
Meserve, no. 43.
Printed under photo: Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1862, by Alex Gardener, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia.
Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf, Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p.111.

Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best known for his photographs of the American Civil War. He emigrated to the United States in 1856 and worked as a photographer in Mathew Brady's studio. Gardner was sent to document the American Civil War and produced some of the most iconic images of the conflict, including photographs of the battlefields at Antietam and Gettysburg. After the war, Gardner photographed President Lincoln and the American West, including images of Native Americans, settlers, and the construction of the transcontinental railroad.