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Brigadier General Rosencranz [i.e. Rosecrans] and Staff at Headquarters, Clarksburg, Virginia

 


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Ref No.: (Becker)CW-HL-WV-7/61d
Artist: Lovie, Henri.
Date: July 1861 (after the battle).
Medium: graphite on wove paper ;
Original Size: 14 x 9 in.
Transcribed Text:
  • Recto: "Gen Rosencranz [sic] & Staff at their Headquarters Clarksburg, Va. // Capt. Chs. Leib Quartermaster; Capt C. Kingsbury Jr. Aid de Camp [sic]; Joseph Darz, Jr. private secry; Capt. N. P. Richmond Adjutant; Brig. Gen. W. S. Rosecranz [sic]."
  • Verso: "Parkersburgh [sic] Va. // A letter will reach you from Headquarters containing biographical notes. I am on my to Cairo. Sketch of Clarksburg etc tomorrow. I will stop at Yellow Springs at Mrs. Rosecranz and get you a daguerrotype or photograph of the general. The sketch is very good likeness of all. Send me some large envelopes to Cairo immed. to Charles Hotel to be called for."
Condition: Loss of paper on left and lower right corners; stains at upper corners; rips along vertical and horizontal folds .
Location: Clarksburg, Harrison, West Virginia, United States