SILVER PRINT PHOTOGRAPH OF CONFEDERATE GENERAL SETH BARTON

SILVER PRINT PHOTOGRAPH OF CONFEDERATE GENERAL SETH BARTON

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Here we have a 5 x 7-inch mounted silver print of Confederate General Seth Barton. Barton attended West Point and eventually resigned his commission to join the Confederate Army at the outbreak of the war. He was then commissioned lieutenant colonel of the 3rd Arkansas. He was promoted to Brigadier General in March 1862 under General Kirby Smith. He was later transferred and served at Vicksburg where he was captured in July 1863. After his exchange, he commanded Armistead’s old brigade under George Pickett. Apparently, Pickett and Barton did not get along well. A formal complaint was filed against Barton by Pickett and Barton was transferred yet again, this time to General Robert Ransom’s command. Ransom filed a similar complaint, which resulted in Barton’s final transfer to Ewell’s Corps in the defense of Richmond. Barton was captured on April 6, 1865, and finished the war out at Ft. Warren as a prisoner of war. He was released three months later after signing a loyalty oath to the Union.

This photograph is a lesser-known photograph type called a silver print, where silver halide is suspended in a gelatin emulsion. This emulsion coats the base and then a chemical wash is poured over the paper exposing the image. This image was produced from the original negative by the Cook Studio in Richmond sometime after 1880.

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.

This image is in good condition. There are no tears or breaks to the image, although there is minor wear to the corners.

The reverse of the image is clean and shows two pencil notations: one at the top: “Seth M. Barton,” and one at the bottom “Cook – Rich., VA.”   [cla] [ph:L]

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