Fort Douglas album

File — Box: 2, oversize, Folder: 1

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Fort Douglas/Civil War Carte-de-visite album. An 1865 leather-bound album consisting of fifty CDVs, mostly C. R. Savage and Charles Carter and others of presumed Civil War members of the Utah Volunteers under Captain Stover’s command. Included are soldiers in and out of uniform, including their families, wives and children. All fifty of the photos are from the 1860s through the 1870s. Wonderful contemporary presentation inscription from Captain Stover from his friend William Gilbert. Inscription reads, ‘Presented to – Capt. David B. Stover – A.Q.M. U.S. Volunteers – Salt Lake City, U.S. – Jan. 1st 1865 – by his friend – William Gilbert,’ Capt. David Stover was head of the Utah Volunteers during the Civil War and is buried at the Fort Douglas Cemetery and has a street named after him. William Gilbert was a Union soldier and friend of Stovers who spent the last two years of the war incarcerated in numerous prisons in the confederacy

Dates

1859-1991

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.