McCulloch’s Staff

Cased photograph of five men, two standing three sitting.

Undated ambrotype photograph of Confederate General Benjamin McCulloch’s staff; Francis Crawford Armstrong is standing on the right and Lunsford Lindsay Lomax is seated on the left; the other three individuals have not been identified. The photograph was taken sometime between the Battle of Wilson’s Creek in August 1861 and the Battle of Pea Ridge in March 1862. Armstrong and Lomax eventually became Confederate generals; General McCulloch was killed at Pea Ridge.

Ambrotype by Unknown Photographer

Image Courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield; WICR 30073