2020-09 Putnal
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/26/2020
Albumen print of Confederate dead laying in the trench behind the Stonewall of Marye's Heights at Fredericksburg, 12-1/2"x10-1/4", taken May 3, 1863 at the second Battle of Fredericksburg which was part of the Chancellorsville Campaign. Very good condition....plus; Autograph Letter Signed "J.H. Deveaux" 1pp. quarto, on War Department letterhead, February 13, 1864, addressed to General G.K. Warren, and reads in part: "...At the earliest moment I have the pleasure of sending the two missing pictures, and also add a pair of larger photographs. The Stone-Wall picture is a remarkable one, certainly the largest picture or rather photograph ever taken in the midst of actual fighting, the picture being on the plate 20 minutes after the wall was carried, and our artist, Capt. A.J. Russell shouldering his camera at the heels of the storming party..." The image is professional repaired with a a vertical mend in the middle. The Second Battle of Fredericksburg, also known as the Second Battle of Marye's Heights, took place on May 3, 1863, in Fredericksburg, Virginia, as part of the Chancellorsville Campaign of the American Civil War.
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