Julian Vannerson

Vannerson's photograph of General Robert E. Lee taken in March 1864

Confederate cavalry general James Ewell Brown "J.E.B." Stuart, the only original glass source print (salt), circa 1863[1]

Julian Vannerson (c. 1827 – after 1875) was an American photographer from Virginia during the American Civil War of the 1860s. He is best known for his portrait photographs of Robert E. Lee, taken in March 1864,[2] and of J. E. B. Stuart.

See also

• Photographers of the American Civil War

References

1. Battlefield Photographer V14, No. 2 August 2016 (Center for Civil War Photography) (courtesy Steven W. Knott)
2. American photographs: the first century from the Isaacs collection in the National Museum of American Art. National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1996. p. 160. ISBN 1-560-98719-7.

Further reading

• Wagner, Margaret E., Gary W. Gallagher, and James M. McPherson. The Library of Congress Civil War Desk Reference. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2009.