Contributor
Frank and Virginia Williams
Description
This black and white illustration is of Edwin Vose Sumner, a career United States Army officer who became a Union Army general and the oldest field commander of any Army Corps on either side during the American Civil War. Sumner is depicted as wearing a dark double-breasted military uniform with shoulder boards and a high collar. The photographer and Engraver are named along the bottom right and left edges of the illustration. Sumner's signature is depicted below the illustration with the caption "Maj. Gen. Edwin V. Sumner" beneath. The publisher is named along the bottom of the page. This illustration is from volume six of Abraham Lincoln : A History by John G. Nicolay and John Hay.
Publication Date
1890
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.
Publisher
New York : The Century Co
Time Period
1890-1899
Subjects
Sumner , Edwin Vose, 1797 – 1863
Object Type
image
Format (original)
illustration
Format (digital)
JPG
Digital ID
FVW_NH_V6_Major-General-Edwin-V-Sumner_001
Source
Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Nicolay and Hay’s Abraham Lincoln, Volume 6
Repository
The Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana
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.
Recommended Citation
"Illlustration, Edwin V. Sumner" (1890). Images. 309.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/fvw-manuscripts-nicolay-and-hay-images/309