About This Item

  • TitleB. F.Stephenson
  • Call NumberCLUB_0058
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryDrawing of Dr. Benjamin F.Stephenson, U. S.Army officer and surgeon during the Civil War, who founded the Grand Army of the Republic on April 6, 1866, in Decatur, Illinois. Note: There is no known connection between Dr. Stephenson and Brooklyn, New York. The image is not dated.
  • Date[186-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 7 x 5 in.
  • Genredrawings (visual works)gelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteTitle from typed caption on verso.
  • SubjectStephenson, Benjamin F., 1832-1882 ; United States. Army -- Civil War, 1861-1865 ; Grand Army of the Republic ; Veterans -- United States
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • Place[Location unknown]
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.