UNMOUNTED ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPH OF CONFEDERATE GENERAL BEVERLY HOLCOMBE ROBERTSON BY RICHMOND PHOTOGRAPHER, GEORGE COOK & SONS

UNMOUNTED ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPH OF CONFEDERATE GENERAL BEVERLY HOLCOMBE ROBERTSON BY RICHMOND PHOTOGRAPHER, GEORGE COOK & SONS

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This image features a bust view of General Beverly Robertson. The photograph measures approximately 4 inches wide by 5 ½ inches long.

Overall, the condition of this photograph is good. The image is unmounted and remains strong. There is minor rippling of the image overall as is common with unmounted albumen photographs.

The reverse of the image is clean with some minor discoloration near the edges of the print. There is a pencil identification: “B.H. / Gen. Robertson” and “(Cook),” as well as the number “453.”

Beverly Holcombe Robertson was born in Amelia County, Virginia, on June 5, 1827. After graduating from the U.S. Military Academy in 1849, he served in the 2nd Dragoons. Robertson was dismissed from the army in August 1861, following an offer to become a captain in the Confederate armed forces. By year's end, he had joined the Confederate military. Although Robertson's pre-Civil War military career was distinguished, he encountered numerous challenges in the Confederacy. He was promoted to brigadier general on June 9, 1862, and led troops during the Shenandoah Valley and Second Bull Run Campaigns. At Cedar Mountain, his performance was lacking, prompting General Jackson to recommend his transfer. After being reassigned, Robertson's leadership improved, yet he and his men were routed at the Battle of Brandy Station. His failure to follow orders during the Gettysburg Campaign led to another transfer, this time to South Carolina. There, he commanded the state's 2nd Military District and helped defend Charleston from Union attacks, surrendering a month later. Following the Civil War, Robertson relocated to Washington, D.C., where he worked as an insurance broker. He died there on November 12, 1910, and is buried on private property in his birthplace of Amelia County, Virginia.

The Cook studio was owned by George S. Cook whose two sons, George LaGrange Cook and Heustis Cook, also worked as photographers. The father, George S. Cook, is famously known for taking the first combat images of ironclads firing on Ft. Moultrie in 1863. George S. was born in 1819 in Connecticut and moved south to Louisiana in 1839. From there, he moved several times (always remaining in the South), making money as a merchant and studying photography until he eventually wound up in Richmond in 1880, where he bought Anderson’s photography studio. This is where many of the original glass plate negatives came from to reproduce his photographs. The Cook studio also purchased other collections of negatives as well.  [cla][ph:cla]

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