Mrs. Elizabeth L. C. Dixon Visits Soldiers in Virginia
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Title
Mrs. Elizabeth L. C. Dixon Visits Soldiers in Virginia
Subject
Civil War group photograph -- 1864 -- Virginia
Description
This photograph from the private family collection is a friendship keepsake of Elizabeth L.C. Dixon and her daughters, Bessie and Clemmie.
Written on back of photo:
Guests of Gen. Robert O. Tyler at Fairfax Courthouse. Mrs. James Dixon, her daughters, Miss Ramsey, Miss Trumbull, Miss Barry - Staff officers, Col. McMahon, Lieutenant. Kinney, Captain. Kinney, Lieutenant. LaMotte, Captain. LaMotte, Major Ryan.
This photo was taken March 29, 1864. Mrs. Elizabeth L. Dixon carried a pass from Washington via rail over the Long Bridge to Fairfax Courthouse Virginia to visit General Robert O. Tyler.
Their journey was described in a letter written to Professor O.C. Marsh of Yale. The officers were Lieutenant Charles E. LaMotte and Captain Robert Smith LaMotte, of Delaware.
Tragically Col. James P. McMahon died in June 1864 at Battle of Cold Harbor. Mrs. Dixon’s nephews were Lieutenant Ernest Lord Kinney and Capt, Nathaniel Cogswell Kinney, sons of Mrs. Mary Kinney, sister of Mrs. Elizabeth Lord Dixon.
No other copy of this photo is known to exist.
Written on back of photo:
Guests of Gen. Robert O. Tyler at Fairfax Courthouse. Mrs. James Dixon, her daughters, Miss Ramsey, Miss Trumbull, Miss Barry - Staff officers, Col. McMahon, Lieutenant. Kinney, Captain. Kinney, Lieutenant. LaMotte, Captain. LaMotte, Major Ryan.
This photo was taken March 29, 1864. Mrs. Elizabeth L. Dixon carried a pass from Washington via rail over the Long Bridge to Fairfax Courthouse Virginia to visit General Robert O. Tyler.
Their journey was described in a letter written to Professor O.C. Marsh of Yale. The officers were Lieutenant Charles E. LaMotte and Captain Robert Smith LaMotte, of Delaware.
Tragically Col. James P. McMahon died in June 1864 at Battle of Cold Harbor. Mrs. Dixon’s nephews were Lieutenant Ernest Lord Kinney and Capt, Nathaniel Cogswell Kinney, sons of Mrs. Mary Kinney, sister of Mrs. Elizabeth Lord Dixon.
No other copy of this photo is known to exist.
Creator
Caroline Welling Van Deusen, Project Archivist
Rights
CC BY 4.0 DEED
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Original Format
Photo
Physical Dimensions
5 x6 inches
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