Photograph, Charles Graham Halpine (1829-1868)
Title
Photograph, Charles Graham Halpine (1829-1868)
Description
Carte de visite (CDV) format photograph of General Charles Graham Halpine. Halpine was an Irish journalist, author, and soldier during the American Civil War. During the war he wrote under the pseudonym Miles O'Reilly.
Halpin served on General David Hunter's staff and was present at the Battle of Lynchburg. He wrote about his stay at Sandusky in his book Baked Meats of the Funeral, a Collection of Essays, Poems, Speeches, and Banquets, by Private Miles O'Reilly, late of the 47th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, 10th Army Corps. Collected, revised, and edited, with the requisite corrections of punctuation, spelling, and grammar, by an Ex-Colonel of the Adjutant-General's Department, with whom the Private formerly served as Lance-Corporal of Orderlies, 1866.
Photograph is backmarked:
C. D. Fredricks & Co.
587 Broadway
New YorkÂ
Halpin served on General David Hunter's staff and was present at the Battle of Lynchburg. He wrote about his stay at Sandusky in his book Baked Meats of the Funeral, a Collection of Essays, Poems, Speeches, and Banquets, by Private Miles O'Reilly, late of the 47th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, 10th Army Corps. Collected, revised, and edited, with the requisite corrections of punctuation, spelling, and grammar, by an Ex-Colonel of the Adjutant-General's Department, with whom the Private formerly served as Lance-Corporal of Orderlies, 1866.
Photograph is backmarked:
C. D. Fredricks & Co.
587 Broadway
New YorkÂ
Creator
C.D. Fredricks & Co.
Source
Donated by Greg Starbuck
Publisher
Historic Sandusky-University of Lynchburg
Date
1861-1865
Rights
Permission to publish or reproduce required
inquire at info@historicsandusky.org
inquire at info@historicsandusky.org
Format
photograph on card, 2 1/2" x 4"
Language
en-US
Collection
Citation
C.D. Fredricks & Co., “Photograph, Charles Graham Halpine (1829-1868),” Historic Sandusky Archives and Collections, accessed January 14, 2026, https://historicsanduskyarchives.omeka.net/items/show/79.