[Corporal John A. Hartshorn of Company A, 19th Maine Infantry, in Union uniform sitting with bayoneted musket] (LOC)

    Walton's Ambrotype & Photograph Rooms,, photographer.

    [Corporal John A. Hartshorn of Company A, 19th Maine Infantry, in Union uniform sitting with bayoneted musket]

    [between 1861 and 1865]

    1 photograph : ninth-plate tintype, hand-colored ; 9.8 x 8.5 cm (frame)

    Notes:
     Title devised by Library staff from information in collections file.
    Case: Berg, no. 7-50.
    Additional information in collections file.
    In August 1863 John A. Hartshorn volunteered to enlist in the army as a substitute for John W. Crane. He died on May 23, 1864 of wounds received at Cold Harbor, Virginia.
    Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105).

    Subjects:
     Hartshorn, John A.,--d. 1864.
    United States.--Army.--Maine Infantry Regiment, 19th (1862-1865)--People.
    Soldiers--Union--1860-1870.
    Military uniforms--Union--1860-1870.
    Rifles--1860-1870.
    Bayonets--1860-1870.
    United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union.

    Format: Portrait photographs--1860-1870.
    Tintypes--Hand-colored--1860-1870.

    Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

    Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

    Part Of: Ambrotype/Tintype filing series (Library of Congress) (DLC) 2010650518
    Liljenquist Family collection (Library of Congress) (DLC) 2010650519

    More information about this collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj

    Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.26903

    Call Number: AMB/TIN no. 2050

    Comments and faves

    1. ★

      jlf001 added this photo to his favorites. (24 months ago)

    2. This photo was invited and added to the Veterans of the American Civil War group.

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      chenpeng2009 added this photo to his favorites. (15 months ago)

    4. ToastusTheMoastus (33 hours ago | reply)

      Died a substitute

      info on substitutes:
      www.answers.com/topic/substitutes-civil-war

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