A Backdrop Connected to Portraits of Quantrill’s Men
By Adam Ochs Fletcher I have sometimes found that knowing quite a lot about a backdrop is not all that helpful in better acquainting me with the subjects who stood
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Lexington, Not Petersburg: A cancelled revenue stamp on the back of an iconic image of Gen. Robert E. Lee and Traveller suggests a new location—and brings to light the photographers who took it
By John O’Brien Of all the photographs of Robert E. Lee, one stands out as favored above the rest: the gray-coated general seated on his faithful mount, Traveller. According