[CIVIL WAR]. SINCLAIR, E.W., photographer for Sam A. Cooley. Colored Guard Mounting, Beaufort, SC.
Sale 1046 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography Featuring the Civil War and American Militaria Collection of Bruce B. Hermann
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[CIVIL WAR]. SINCLAIR, E.W., photographer for Sam A. Cooley. Colored Guard Mounting, Beaufort, SC.
5 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. stereoview on cardstock mount (rich tonality, minor surface loss to mount verso). Verso with Cooley's Tenth Army Corps photographer paper label imprint and printed image title affixed to the mount.
A similar image with the same distinctive house in the background identifies the unit as the First South Carolina (USCT) is held in the Library of Congress (LOT 4205, no. 6).
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At the outbreak of the Civil War Samuel Cooley operated a photography studio in Beaufort, SC. When that city was captured by Federal forces during the Battle of Port Royal, Cooley began taking images of the War, becoming the the U.S. Army's official photographer of the X (Tenth) Corps, and later stying himself as, "Official Photographer of the Department of the South. "
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