Confederate CDV Collection Compiled by CSA Mapmaker Albert Campbell, Incl. Davis, Lee, Jackson, McCulloch, & More

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• Lot Description

  Lot of 36, of which 35 are CDVs or CDV-sized salted paper prints of Confederate personalities, mostly generals, with the exception of 2 views of CSA President Jefferson Davis, one a "from life" photograph with Rees, Frayser, and Rees, Richmond, VA imprint dated 1867 on verso, and a commercially printed carte of Davis. Accompanied by original envelope in which Albert Campbell kept the CDVs. The collection also includes an oval 3.5 x 4.5 in photograph, on 4.75 x 7 in. mount of Brigadier General W.H. Stevens, Chief Engineer, Army of Northern Virginia, signed by Stevens below image and inscribed in his hand on verso. 

  The collection features the following Confederate generals, most credited to a Virginia studio: 2 views of Robert E. Lee, one an unmarked salted paper print, the other showing Lee in civilian dress with Rees, Frayser, and Rees, Richmond, VA imprint and 1867 date; Henry A. Wise, with Rees & Bro., Richmond, VA imprint; and 2 views of Jubal Early, one an unmarked salted paper print, the other a post-war view in civilian clothing with Anderson, Richmond, VA backmark.

  The remaining images are unmounted salted paper prints with no studio imprint, and depict the following generals: Ben McCulloch; Stonewall Jackson; J.E.B. Stuart; P.G.T. Beauregard; Joseph E. Johnston; James Longstreet; A.P. Hill; George Cosby; William R. Peck; Fitzhugh Lee; Henry Heth; John Echols; Robert Johnston; George T. Anderson; Simon B. Buckner; Wade Hampton; John C. Breckinridge; John Gregg; Richard S. Ewell; Samuel Jones; Lunsford Lomax; Mansfield Lovell; William Brandon; Pierce M.B. Young; John Stuart Williams; Milledge Luke Bonham; Nathaniel H. Harris; and Robert Ransom, Jr. 

  Confederate Map Maker Albert Henry Campbell Collection

  Lots 32-35

  Albert Henry Campbell (1826 – 1899) was born in Charleston, WV where he lived until he entered Brown University, Providence, RI in 1844. In Providence, he also met and married Mary Paine Stebbins in 1847. He studied civil engineering and was engaged in surveys for a number of railroads west. In 1857 he was appointed General Superintendent in charge of constructing wagon roads from Fort Kearny to the South Pass of the Rocky Mountains to the Eastern portion of California, and the road from Ft. Ridgely in Minnesota to South Pass.

  Campbell produced (among many other items) the wood engravings in the 32nd and 35th Parallel volumes (New Mexico and California) of the Pacific Railroad Reports. In his capacity as superintendent, he was supervisor to Frederick Lander when Lander mounted his expedition to capture the West in art. And while Campbell was an amateur artist in his own right, he did not accompany Lander on this expedition, but his brother, James, would go as a guide. 
  
  When the Civil War erupted, Campbell cast his lot with the Confederacy. He secured an appointment as Lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers, and was later promoted to Captain, then Major. He eventually would head the Topographical Department of the Army of Northern Virginia, and spent many hours with General R.E. Lee (who was himself a more than adequate topographer), becoming a personal friend of the General. He was with Lee the entire day during which he surrendered the ANV at Appomattox Court House, and broke the first twig from the legendary apple tree (See Lot 35) under which Lee rested before the signing of the surrender.
  
  During the war, Campbell was initially appointed Clerk in the CSA Post Office on May 15, 1861. In June 1862 he was promoted to Captain of Engineers and appointed Chief of the Topographic Department. In September 1862 Campbell was appointed assistant to Lt. Colonel W.H. Stevens, Corps of Engineers, CSA and promoted to Major a month later. 
  
  After the war, with a bit of hesitation (this was "enemy" territory now), he returned to Providence, RI and took up newspaper work for a short time. His father had founded the first newspaper in the Kanawha Valley, so it was not an unfamiliar endeavor. He then returned to Charleston and became an assistant engineer in surveying a number of rail lines, and was eventually promoted to Chief Engineer. He headed the surveys for the Potomac and Ohio line and the Baltimore, Cincinnati & Western Railroad, plus many other lines. He died at home in 1899.

  Provenance: Descended in the Family of Confederate Mapmaker Albert Campbell

  Condition

  Some light spotting on some of the photos, including mounted photo of Stevens. Some light wear to perimeter of salt prints. 

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