Westover Landing, Virginia. Officers of 3rd and 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry illustrating the hardships of war

Photographer name from negative sleeve: Alex. Gardner.
Caption from negative sleeve: Officers of 3d and 4th PA Cavalry, illustrating the hardships of war. Westover Landing.
Annotation from negative, glass side: Another Bomb burst at Weston Landing, James River, VA, Augt. 1862.
Corresponding print is in LOT 4187.
Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
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Forms part of: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 (Library of Congress).

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.