Cedar Mountain, Va. Family group before the house in which Gen. Charles S. Winder (C.S.A.) died.
Cedar Mountain, Virginia. Photo taken by Timothy H. O’Sullivan.
Library of Congress image.
Charles Sidney Winder (October 18, 1829 – August 9, 1862), was a career United States Army officer and a Confederate general officer in the American Civil War. On August 9, 1862, Winder led his men into battle at Cedar Mountain, on the left flank of the Confederate line. He did so despite having been ill for several days, and in defiance of a surgeon’s order to rest. He was personally directing the fire of a battery when a Union shell struck him in his left side, horribly mangling him. Borne to the rear on a stretcher, Winder died later that evening. (Wikipedia)
The battle at Cedar Mountain, Aug. 9th, 1862 Charge of Crawford’s Brigade on the right.
Published by Currier & Ives, [between 1862 and 1872]
Print caption: Between the Corps d’armée of Genl. Banks, constituting a part of the Army of Virginia, under Genl. Pope and a vastly superior number of the Rebels under Elwell and “Stonewall” Jackson, the Rebels were finally repulsed, and the Field occupied by the Federal Army.
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Headquarters Fifth Army Corps, Harrison’s Landing, James River, Va.
Subjects identified on mount include: Major Kirkland, Col. Locke, Major Montieth, Dr. McMillan, Gen. Porter, Capt. McQuade, Col. Norton, Col. Mason, Mrs. Fairfax, Chief Cook & bottle washer.
Handwritten on back of print: To Gen. Grindley with the compliments of Fitz John Porter.
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Original negative held by the National Archives.
This photograph, by photographer Alexander Gardner in August 1862 at Harrison’s Landing, Va., is of members of the U.S. Military Academy class of 1860. Unfortunately, the Library of Congress image page does not have names for any of the individuals nor could I find any further information in an online image search.
Westover Landing, Va. Lts. Wright and John W. Ford of Averell’s Cavalry
by photographer Alexander Gardner in August 1862 at Westover Landing, Va..
Library of Congress image from Civil War glass negative collection.
Library of Congress image:Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with bayoneted musket in front of painted backdrop showing American flag and column pedestal, donated to the Library of Congress 2012 by Tom Liljenquist; Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs.
The Last Full Measure: The Liljenquist Family Collection.
Lt. Col. Samuel W. Owen, 3d Pennsylvania Cavalry, caught napping by photographer Alexander Gardner in August 1862 at Westover Landing, Va..
Library of Congress image from Civil War glass negative collection.
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From Antietam on the Web:
Before the Antietam Campaign:
A tailor by trade, with a successful business in Washington DC, Owen was among the first in Federal service at the outbreak of War in April 1861. His Independent Company of (DC militia) cavalry helped man the defenses of Washington DC before the arrival of the first regiments from the Northern States. In July he enrolled in the newly forming 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry in Washington, mustering into Federal service as their Lieutenant Colonel on 19 August 1861 for three years. Due to the frequent absence and eventual promotion of Colonel William Averell, Owen was in effective command of the Regiment for much of his service. He was in action on the Peninsula Campaign of 1862, and commanded the 3rd Pennsylvania after 6 July when the Colonel took over the Brigade.
In the Antietam Campaign:
Owen was in command of the regiment on the Maryland Campaign; Colonel Averell absent with the “Chickahominy Fever” (malaria).
The remainder of the War:
He resigned his commission soon after Antietam, on 25 October 1862.
Maj. Myers, Lieuts. Stryker, and Norton, Harrison’s Landing, Virginia, August 1862. (10th Pa. Reserves); photo taken by Alexander Gardner in August 1862. Library of Congress Civil War glass negative collection.
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