What do I want,John Henry,black servant,soldierstents,Brevet Major J R Coxe,1862
Title: What do I want, John Henry? / Alex. Gardner, photographer.
Creator(s): Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882, photographer
Date Created/Published: 1862 Nov., [c1866].
Summary: White soldier sitting facing young black servant, who is holding bottle and cake(?), with two other soldiers sitting and one standing in front of two tents. One of the soldiers is Brevet Major J.R. Coxe, who was in charge of the camp commissary.
Notes:
Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, [D.C.]: Philp & Solomons, [1865-66], v. 1, no. 27.
Another version of this image is available in v. 1 of an earlier edition, E468.7 .G19.
Copyright by A. Gardner.
Subjects:
Military camps--Virginia--Warrenton--1860-1870.
Servants--1860-1870.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military life.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African-Americans.
Albumen prints--1860-1870.
Book illustrations--1860-1870.
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album in which print is mounted
Bookmark /89706345/
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