[Unidentified young soldier in Union uniform with musket, bayonet, and knapsack] (LOC)
[Unidentified young soldier in Union uniform with musket, bayonet, and knapsack]
[between 1861 and 1865]
1 photograph : sixth-plate ambrotype, hand-colored ; 9.4 x 8 cm (case)
Notes:
Title devised by Library staff.
Case: Rinhart, no. 69.
Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105).
Purchased from: The Historical Shop, Metairie, La.
Subjects:
United States.--Army--People--1860-1870.
Soldiers--Union--1860-1870.
Military uniforms--Union--1860-1870.
Rifles--1860-1870.
Bayonets--1860-1870.
Youth--1860-1870.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military
personnel--Union.
Format: Portrait photographs--1860-1870.
Ambrotypes--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.26851
Call Number: AMB/TIN no. 2000
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ccammarata1, neshachan, and a blackbird added this photo to their favorites.
This photo was invited and added to the Veterans of the American Civil War group.
Heather Boyer added this photo to her favorites. (24 months ago)
blueskies26 (24 months ago | reply)
So sad! He looks about 14, max. And the expression on his face...
brownlisam, frère du nord, Road2Nowhere, aliceunder, and 2 other people added this photo to their favorites.
kodaksights (14 months ago | reply)
Good Photo ,
Dobrá fotografie
Bună Foto
Boa foto
Jó fotó
Fint foto
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ellynkocher (8 months ago | reply)
so so young.
biggrinmastiff (8 days ago | reply)
The kids... Amazing how young so many of them were (many lying they were older of course to be allowed to fight.) In another photo one looks to be 8-10 years old.