Visual Materials

Genl. Hooker on Point Lookout, Lookout Mt

Description: Image of General Joseph Hooker sitting on the rocks of Point Lookout. He holds his hat and gloves in his lap.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1864
Call number: photCL 491
Creator: Bonsall, I. H (1833-1909)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of John Boland, December 2008.; Purchased for the Huntington from the Andrew Smith Gallery by the Library Collectors' Council, January 2009.; Gift of John Boland, November 2009.; Gift of Claire Lozier and Andrew Smith, December 2019.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Genl. Thomas and Staff, and Genl. King, Point Lookout, Lookout Mt

Visual Materials

This collection contains 54 photographs by photographer Isaac H. Bonsall chiefly depicting the landscape and Union Army operations during the American Civil War in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Lookout Mountain, Georgia, Corinth, Mississippi, and the surrounding regions, from approximately 1862 to 1865. The prints primarily document encampments, buildings, artillery, steamships, railroad bridges, and soldiers. The collection also includes some portraits of soldiers and Union officers, including the officers of the 1st United States Veteran Volunteer Engineers and Generals William S. Rosencrans, John H. King, George H. Thomas, and Joseph Hooker. Among the images are two images of African American Union troops. A landscape view of grazing farm animals near Arkansas City, Kansas, is the only image in the collection that does not date from the Civil War, and also the only image carrying Bonsall's imprint. There are also two additional images that were not taken by Bonsall and include copyright information for N. Brown.

photCL 491

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