Ambrose Burnside and the 1st RI at Camp Sprague (near Washington, D.C.), 1861




Face-to-Face, from the National Portrait Gallery show

Summary: Frank Goodyear, associate curator of photography at the National Portrait Gallery discusses an 1861 photograph of Ambrose Burnside and the Rhode Island 1st Volunteer Infantry, taken at Camp Sprague (near Washington, D.C.) by an unidentified photographer. Goodyear was interviewed by the NPG's Warren Perry on February 22, 2011.