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THB[LINCOLN] Lincoln at Antietam, by Gardner
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LiveApr 24, 2026
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ICONIC VIEW OF LINCOLN AND MCCLELLAN AT ANTIETAM, 1862
Outdoor group oversized albumen of President Abraham Lincoln and General George B. McClellan, among other Union officers, at Antietam. Washington, D.C.: Alexander Gardner, 1862. Printed text to mount recto identifies photo's main subject matter, photographer's name and location, date, negative plate number, and when the photo was entered into the Library of Congress. 9 x 6 1/2 in., mounted to 15 1/2 x 12.
An albumen photograph of President Lincoln at Antietam just weeks after the battle occurred, taken from Alexander Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War (1866). According to the Library of Congress, included in this photograph from left to right are: Col. Delos B. Sacket, Capt. George Monteith, Lt. Col. Nelson B. Sweitzer, Gen. George W. Morell, Col. Alexander S. Webb, Gen. George B. McClellan, Scout Adams, Dr. Jonathan Letterman, unidentified soldier, President Abraham Lincoln, Col. Henry J. Hunt, Gen. Fitz-John Porter, Joseph C. G. Kennedy, Col. Frederick T. Locke, Gen. Andrew A. Humphreys, and possibly Capt. George Armstrong Custer (see LOC no. 2002713085).
Antietam was the first field-army level engagement in the Civil War's Eastern Theater to occur on Union soil and it remains the bloodiest day in American history. The battle began with McClellan's Army of the Potomac on the offensive, striking Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia while it was in a defensive position, but Lee countered by sending in his entire force, overpowering the three-quarters McClellan sent in. Eventually McClellan successfully turned Lee's invasion back and claimed a Union victory, despite suffering heavier casualties. When this photograph was taken, Lincoln had come to discuss McClellan's overly cautious tactics in addition to the former persuading the latter to continue pursuing Lee, even after a Union victory. However, this wasn't enough, Lincoln eventually relieved McClellan of his command in November, just a month after this photo was shot.
Originally born in Scotland, Alexander Gardner (1821-1882) immigrated to the U.S. in 1856, where he initiated contact with Mathew Brady after seeing one of his exhibitions in London. Gardner became Brady's assistant in New York, then moved in 1858 to head Brady's gallery in Washington, D.C., where he became well-positioned. This helped him become the staff photographer for McClellan's army after Gardner and Brady decided to begin documenting the Civil War. Gardner captured the Battle of Antietam, then was relieved of his duties at the same time McClellan was. Since Brady was wont to credit Gardner's photographs as his own, Gardner left him and continued to document the Civil War, capturing the Battles of Fredericksburg and Gettysburg, as well as the Siege of Petersburg, among other important events. He also photographed Lincoln seven times while the president was alive, as well as his funeral train and some of the conspirators involved with his assassination.
[Civil War, Union, Confederate] [Photography, Early Photography, Historic Photography, Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes, Tintypes, Cased Images, Union Cases, Albumen Photographs, CDVs, Carte de Visites, Cartes de Visite, Carte-de-visite, Cartes-de-visite, CDV, Cabinet Cards, Stereoviews, Stereocards] [Abraham Lincoln, Politics, Mary Todd Lincoln, 1860 Election, Election of 1860, 1864 Election, Election of 1864, Lincoln Assassination, John Wilkes Booth]
Condition
Small tear to bottom right corner of mount.
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