Louisville in the Civil War | Photographers and Lithographers | Circa 1860

Louisville in the civil war

lithographers and photographers

j.c. elrod, photographer

This soldier probably paid $1.00 to sit for his picture taken by Louisville photographer, J.C. Elrod.

“Sincerely Yours Augustus A. Neal 1st Lt. Co. H. 63 O.V.V.I. ” and “P.O. Dayton, Ohio” on verso.

One printing company in Louisville was known as Stuber.

This Civil War era image shows Anson Mills as a first Lieutenant in the 18th U.S. infantry. Prior to his Civil War service he served as a surveyor in West Texas and New Mexico, laying out the towns of El Paso and Pino Altos. After the war he transferred to the 3rd Cavalry, and later the 4th and 10th, retiring as a Brigadier General in 1897. During his western frontier career, he established Fort Reno, A.T., played an active part in the Powder River campaign against the Cheyenne, was with Crook at the Battle of the Rosebud, and received a brevet for his field command at the Battle of Slim Buttes, and served with the 10th in campaign against Geronimo.

Cowan’s

Louisville in the Civil War | Photographers and Lithographers | Circa 1860

j.c. elrod

CDV of General Mc Pherson, backmark of J.C. Elrod, Louisville, KY.

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Louisville in the Civil War | Photographers and Lithographers | Circa 1860

Webster brothers, photographers

General Bull Nelson General Alex McCook

Cowan’s

Louisville in the Civil War | Photographers and Lithographers | Circa 1860

Webster brothers, photographers

General Absalom Baird

Cowan’s

Louisville in the Civil War | Photographers and Lithographers | Circa 1860

Webster & brothers

Unknown union officer, 1865

Louisville in the Civil War | Photographers and Lithographers | Circa 1860

Webster’s card photographs

475 Main Street, Louisville, ky

Louisville in the Civil War | Photographers and Lithographers | Circa 1860

Klauber of Louisville, photographer

CDV of LT. Gen. A.P. Hill Source: Cowan’s

Brig-Gen Joseph F. Knipe

Wearing a formidable 12th Corps star on his slouch hat, Knipe joined, as colonel of the 46th Pennsylvania in August 1861 and was wounded at Cedar Mountain in August 1862. He led a brigade at Antietam but was not active at Gettysburg due to his earlier wound. He transferred west with the 12/20th Corps and briefly commanded an infantry division. During the battle of Nashville, Knipe took charge of a cavalry division in pursuit of the vanquished Hood and captured 6,000 Confederate prisoners. He mustered out in August 1865 without a brevet promotion. Knipe became a lifelong bureaucrat after the war.

Klauber & Campbell of Louisville

Source: Cowan’s Auction

Louisville in the Civil War | Photographers and Lithographers | Circa 1860

e. klauber, photographer

81st

Indiana soldier

in dress blues with imprint of E. Klauber, Louisville, Ky. with presentation inscription in his hand Yours Truly/E.G. Mathey/W.S.A. Mathey began his military career in the 17th Indiana Vol. Infantry in 1861 as a Sergeant, rising to the rank of Lt. Col. of Volunteers with the 81st Ind. Vol. Infantry. After the war he joined the regular Army as a 2nd Lt. with the 7th Cavalry and retired with the rank of Major in 1896. Mathey was a 1st Lt. with the pack train detachment during the Battle of Little Big Horn.

Cowan’s

Louisville in the Civil War | Photographers and Lithographers | Circa 1860

Alcan & Gorbutt, photographers

Alcan & Gorbutt, Louisville, Ky. with blue-green two-cent revenue stamp and contemporary notation reading,

Unknown staff view-probably 32nd Iowa Inf. or 9th Iowa Cav. or USCT unit drinking whisky or beer. The Major or Lt. Colonel seated right is unknown to us but is the key to identifying this jovial group.

Cowan’s.

Louisville in the Civil War | Photographers and Lithographers | Circa 1860

Campbell and ecker, photographers

Indiana Cavalry Surgeons

with double imprint of Campbell & Ecker, Louisville dating to after November 1864. Carte identified in

period pencil on verso as Geo. H. Russell, Asst Surgeon/J. M. Wishard, Surgeon/C. C. Hiatt, 1st Asst

Surgeon in three lines written horizontally. Geo. H. Russell joined Company B, 5th Indiana Cavalry as

commissary sergeant in August 1862 becoming assistant surgeon in November 1864 and mustering out

in June 1865. His pard Joseph M. Wishard was surgeon of the 5th Indiana Cavalry from October 1863.

The third doctor is Christopher C. Hiatt who entered service as assistant surgeon of the 6th Indiana

Cavalry in March 1864, discharged in September 1865. The hard riding 5th and 6th Indiana Cavalry saw

entensive service in the western theater, particularly during the Atlanta campaign where the 5th

participated in Stoneman's Raid and was captured en masse. Cowan’s.

Louisville in the Civil War | Photographers and Lithographers | Circa 1860

union soldier, D.B. thompsey

Campbell and Ecker, Louisville KY image of officer in studio pose, named on back to D B Thompson .

WorthPoint, 2008

Louisville in the Civil War | Photographers and Lithographers | Circa 1860

Cooper’s gallery, photographer

Civil War CDV of an older soldier, identified on

the back in pencil as "H.B. Nolan."

Backmark reads, "Cooper's Gallery, No. 85

Fourth Street, Louisville, KY."

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Louisville in the Civil War | Photographers and Lithographers | Circa 1860

Heineman & Flexner, Photographers, Bee Hive Gallery

CIVIL WAR SOLDIER TAKEN AT LOUISVILLE. Seated view wearing ribbon bow tie and jacket. Not real

happy looking, but a clue on the the reverse makes me wonder why. Back mark of Heineman & Flexner,

Photographers, Bee Hive Gallery, 309 Main Street, Louisville, KY.

eBay, January 2011

Louisville in the Civil War | Photographers and Lithographers | Circa 1860

Redin artist & photography, louisville

eBay, February 2011

Photographer needs to be confirmed as being in existence in 1860s

Louisville in the Civil War | Photographers and Lithographers | Circa 1860

other Louisville photographers or lithographers

(but no images)

Henry Drew