William Pywell

{{Short description|American photographer}} thumb|right|William Redish Pywell, ca 1857–1865. thumb|right|William Pywell on Expedition, Pywell is driving the wagon.

'''William Redish Pywell''' (June 9, 1843 – 1887) was a 19th-century American photographer. He first worked for Mathew Brady and Alexander Gardner making a photographic record of the American Civil War, this work was published by Gardner in 1866 as "Photographic Sketch Book of the War" Vols. 1 & 2. (Washington, DC. Philp & Solomons). After the war, he traveled with George Custer as the official photographer of the 1873 Yellowstone Expedition.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Little Bighorn III -- Wyoming Tales and Trails |url=http://www.wyomingtalesandtrails.com/custer5.html |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=www.wyomingtalesandtrails.com}}</ref> He also accompanied Alexander Gardner on the Kansas Expedition.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAPpywell.htm |title=Spartacus Educational |access-date=2008-01-14 |archive-date=2008-01-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080111035122/http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAPpywell.htm |url-status=usurped }}</ref>

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