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Lot 346
Sale 2057 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography
Oct 25, 2024
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$500 -
700
Price Realized
$508
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Lot Description
[CIVIL WAR]. [BRADY, Mathew (1822-1896), photographer]. Fort Totten, near Rock Creek Church, Washington. [Washington, DC: Brady & Co., 1862].
7 x 9 in. albumen photograph, uncredited by taken by Brady & Co.
Fort Totten was located about 1/2 mile from the Soldiers' Home, where President Lincoln retreated during the summer months. The men in the photograph may belong to the 3rd Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, which garrisoned the fort in 1864.