[Lt. Col. George B. Bailey]
Photograph
Unidentified
Maker
[Lt. Col. George B. Bailey]
1861
Ambrotype with applied color
Image: 3 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (8.9 × 6.4 cm) (1/4 plate)
Case: 4 3/4 × 3 3/4 × 13/16 in. (12.1 × 9.5 × 2.1 cm)
Purchase
1969.0204.0011
Inscriptions Inscribed in pen on paper inside of case: Captain 1st Ohio. 1861 \ Portsmouth, Ohio \ Lt. Col. \ George B. Bailey, M.D. \ Ohio \ 1861 \ 9th Virginia Cavalry \ Killed at Guyandotte \ Massacre \ We was classmates at \ West Point- 1838-9 \ [signed] J. Hill Martin
Inscribed in pen on applied label inside of case: 774
Inscribed in pen on applied label on spine of case: 774
Entry 774 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Handsome ¼ plate ambrotype of St. Col. George B. Bailey, M.D. Ohio, 1861. Capt. 1st Ohio Reg. 1861 Portsmouth, Ohio. 1861. 9th Virginia Cavalry. Killed at Guyandotte Massacre. We were classmates at West Point 1838-9. J. Hill Martin. This inscription found in back of lovely Civil War ambro.
Inscribed in pen on applied label inside of case: 774
Inscribed in pen on applied label on spine of case: 774
Entry 774 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Handsome ¼ plate ambrotype of St. Col. George B. Bailey, M.D. Ohio, 1861. Capt. 1st Ohio Reg. 1861 Portsmouth, Ohio. 1861. 9th Virginia Cavalry. Killed at Guyandotte Massacre. We were classmates at West Point 1838-9. J. Hill Martin. This inscription found in back of lovely Civil War ambro.
