Battle Field of Ced[ar Mountain]

Creator

Mathew Brady

Files

Creator Role

photographer copyrighter

Description

The carte de visite photograph depicts the Battlefield of Cedar Mountain. The Battle of Cedar Mountain took place on 9 August 1862. In the background, the house in which Charles Sydney Winder, a general in the Confederate Army, is rumored to have died is pictured.

Contributor

Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams

Approximate Creation Date

1862

Measurement

2 1/2 X 4 inches

Materials and Techniques Display

paper (fiber product); albumen process

Inscription

recto, below print: Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by M. B. BRADY, in the Clerk's Office of the / District Court of the District of Columbia. verso, backmark (only partially visible): BATTLE FIELD OF CEDA[?] / House in which General Winder was [?] / The Photographs of this series were taken [?] / siderable cost. Warning is therefore given [?] / be at once instituted against any party infrin[?]

Subjects

Carte de visite photographs; Cedar Mountain, Battle of, Va., 1862

Work Type

albumen prints ; cartes-de-visite (card photographs)

Class

CDVs

Preferred Citation

[Physical ID#]: [Title], Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Mississippi State University Libraries.

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

ID

847

Digital ID

FVW_00847

Current Location

Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States)

Repository

Mississippi State University Libraries.

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.