[Photograph]: Commander and Staff 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Corps with African American Servants - Camp Near Falmouth, VA, Apr. 9, 1863

Albumen photograph contemporarily mounted on card backer. Photograph measures approximately 7½" x 5¼", the cardboard mount measures approximately 11" x 9¾". Toning and minor edgewear, else near fine. The individuals shown are named underneath the photograph (quotation marks appear as they do in the written caption, parentheses ours): Capt. J.S. Bell (acting asst. adjs. General), Capt. H.K. Tyler (asst. Insp. General), Sergeant. C. Chapman (acting brigade D.M.), Col. P.H. Allabach, Sergeant J. Dennison (aide de camp), H[enry] F. Martin (Surgeon-in-Chief), Captain S.R. Steele (Brigade Commander), Servant "Philip," Servant "Jesse," Servant "Fred." On the verso is written, "H. Martin Surgeon-in-Chief . Camp near Falmouth VA. Apr. 9, 1863." Reports filed by Col. Allabach just five days before this photo was taken, discuss how his Brigade arrived at Antietam the day after the famous battled: "I have the honor to submit the following report in reference to the march to and arrival of my command at the battle-field of Antietam on the morning of the 18th of September, 1862: We left Monocacy Junction on the afternoon of the 17th of September, 1862, about 4 o'clock, and marched all night, passing through Boonsborough about 7 o'clock on the morning of the 18th, and halted in the woods between Boonsborough and Keedysville, where we remained about half or three-quarters of an hour. Then marched through Keedysville, arrived on the battle-field of Antietam, and formed line of battle at 10 a.m. of September 18 on left of road and on top of hill. We remained here half an hour, when we advanced about half a mile, when we again formed line at the base of a small hill or bluff and in rear of a battery that occupied the top of the bluff." A nice photograph of the Fifth Corps of the Union Army of the Potomac that not only includes their African-American servants, but lists their names as well.…