PRESS PHOTOGRAPH BY UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD, "PHOTO OF BRONZE TABLET DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN. NEWS ITEM- COMMEMORATING THE 56TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF FORT STEVENS, JULY 11 AND 12, 1864. A TABLET WAS RECENTLY UNVEILED AT THE SPOT WHERE PRESIDENT LINCOLN STOOD DURING THE BATTLE. THIS IS SAID TO BE THE ONLY TIME THAT A PRESIDENT OF THE U.S. WAS IN ACTUAL COMMAND OF THE ARMY AND UNDER FIRE. COL. JOHN McELORY, DEPARTMENT COMMANDER OF THE G.A.R. IS SHOWN AT THE LEFT OF THE TABLET.
[np: 1920]. Press photograph, 7-1/4" x 9-1/2." A few light corner chips at blank margins. Typed Underwood explanation of the photograph, 4" x 8," beneath the photo, its upper margin adhered to the verso of the photograph. Very Good. The Battle is known for Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.'s alleged shout-out..... More
