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April 1864. "Brandy Station, Virginia. Gen. Rufus Ingalls on horseback. Photograph from the main Eastern theater of war -- winter quarters at Brandy Station." Wet plate glass negative by Timothy H. O'Sullivan. View full size.
From the field of view, depth of field, distance to subject, and f/numbers back then it must be a good size.
An army lives and wins on its stomach. As a Chief Quartermaster he, like UPS, was all logistics, and quite successful at it, too.
I wonder if he and Laura Ingalls, author of the Little House books, are related. Anyone have access to a good genealogy search?
[This came up in the comments to this Shorpy posting. - tterrace]
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