Contributor
Frank and Virginia Williams
Description
This black and white illustration is of Ethan A. Hitchcock, a career United States Army officer and author who had War Department assignments in Washington, D.C., during the American Civil War, in which he served as a major general. Hitchcock is depicted in a dark, double-breasted military uniform with a high collar and star studded shoulder boards. The engraver's name, A. H. Ritchie, is named along the bottom edge of the illustration and Hitchcock's name is captioned below. This illustration is from volume seven, 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
Hitchcocke, Ehtan A., 1798 – 1870; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Object Type
image
Format (original)
illustration
Format (digital)
JPG
Digital ID
FVW_NH_V7_Major-General-E-A-Hitchcock_001
Source
Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Nicolay and Hay’s Abraham Lincoln, Volume 7
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
"Illustration, Major General, Ethan A. Hitchcock" (1890). Images. 381.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/fvw-manuscripts-nicolay-and-hay-images/381