[Unidentified child named Carl who became a soldier; with handwritten note and lock of hair in case] (LOC)

    [Unidentified child named Carl who became a soldier; with handwritten note and lock of hair in case]

    [ca. 1856]

    1 photograph : double ninth-plate tintype ; 7.5 x 11.8 cm. (case) +

    Notes:
     Inscription on handwritten note: "My beloved son Carl taken from me on April 1, 1865, at age 18, killed at Dinwiddie. Flights of angels sing thee to thy rest." (Hamlet, Act 5, Scene 2)
    Case: Berg 3-47.
    Title devised by Library staff.
    Additional information in collections file.
    Photo shows a childhood image of a soldier named Carl. He was killed in combat during the fighting at Dinwiddie Court House (March 31) and Five Forks (April 1), shortly before Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. (Source: Matthew R. Gross and Elizabeth T. Lewin, 2010)
    Possible identification: Carlos E. Rogers of Company K, 185th New York, who was killed on either March 29 or 30, 1865, at Quaker Road in Dinwiddie County. (Source: North South Trader's Civil War, vol. 35, 2010, p. 55)
    Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105)

    Subjects:
     Boys--1850-1860.
    United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel.

    Format: Memorabilia--1860-1870.
    Manuscripts--1860-1870.
    Portrait photographs--1860-1870.
    Tintypes--1860-1870.

    Rights Info: No known restriction 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.26460

    Call Number: AMB/TIN no. 2030

    Comments and faves

    1. ★

      maru teru, brother john gerard, Caroline Starr, rachelchayes, and 33 other people added this photo to their favorites.

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

    3. n a i (26 months ago | reply)

      amazing...

    4. whatsthatpicture (24 months ago | reply)

      Poignant and wonderful image

    5. This photo was invited and added to the 150 Years Old (1862 or earlier) group.

    6. This photo was invited and added to the Dated Vintage Photographs (pre 1945) group.

    7. thomaswolfgang (21 months ago | reply)

      he might have been with them 1st Connecticut Cavalry or the 29th virginia infantry.

      I did a search on Ancestry dot com and here is what i came up with

      search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=MIL_PH OTOS&ran...|1652393|2|3245|49|&uidh=000&so=2

      name might be Carl Von Grafeurice was at Fort Lyon, VA

    8. ellynkocher (10 months ago | reply)

      heartbreaking.

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