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THB[CIVIL WAR] Camp Douglas Guard
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LiveNov 22, 2025
This exclusive catalog presents a select offering from the personal collection of Alejandro "Alex" de Quesada Jr., renowned historian, author, and collector. The catalog features exceptionally rare swords, historically significant belt buckles and military insignia, original Civil War flags, and a wide range of ephemera representing pivotal moments in military history. Fleischer's Auctions info@fleischersauctions.com
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CAMP DOUGLAS, CHICAGO, CDV PORTRAIT OF A UNION GUARD AT THE CONFEDERATE PRISON CAMP
Albumen print on mount, D. F. Brandon, Photographer, Camp Douglas, Ill. imprint on verso, ca. 1863–65.A seated three-quarter-length portrait of what is likely a Union enlisted man who served as a guard at Camp Douglas, the Federal prison camp established on Chicago’s South Side to hold captured Confederate soldiers. The sitter wears a sack coat over military waistcoat and trousers, hands folded on his knee, facing the camera with a steady gaze- an uncommon view of the rank-and-file who policed one of the war’s largest and most notorious POW installations.
D.F. Brandon maintained a studio inside or adjacent to the camp, which firmly situates the image within that milieu; photographs with his imprint provide valuable primary documentation of Camp Douglas.
While prisoner portraits from major Civil War camps surface with some frequency, views of guards by Brandon are notably scarcer. This is a strong, documentary image for collections focused on Civil War prisons, Illinois regiments, and the Northern home front. - Shipping Info
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