Collection Items
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Unidentified Union soldier in frock coat, private, kepi, 3rd-5th buttons open on coat] 1 photograph : ninth-plate ambrotype ; 7.4 x 6.2 cm (case)
- Date: 1863-01-01
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Group shot, officers of the 54th Mass. Colored] 1 photograph : approx. sixth-plate tintype ; 8.6 x 6.5 cm. | Photograph shows a full-length portrait of three officers of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. Sitters have been identified as Second Lieutenant Ezekiel Gaulbert Tomlinson, Captain Luis F. Emilio (center), and Second Lieutenant Daniel G. Spear (National Archives records).
- Date: 1863-01-01
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Civil War induction officer with lottery box] 1 photographic print : sixth-plate tintype; 9.2 x 8 cm. (case)
- Date: 1863-01-01
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Unidentified young African American soldier in Union uniform] 1 photograph : ninth-plate tintype, hand-colored ; 7.5 x 6.5 cm (case)
- Date: 1863-01-01
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Unidentified African American sailor in Union uniform sitting with arm resting on table] 1 photograph : ninth-plate tintype, hand-colored ; 9.8 x 8.5 cm (frame)
- Date: 1863-01-01
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Unidentified soldier in Union officer's uniform at Point Lookout, Tennessee, sitting with cavalry saber in hand and slouch hat resting beside him on a rock] 1 photograph : quarter-plate tintype, hand-colored ; 11.8 x 9.4 cm (case) | Photo shows an officer who posed for the Linns, who left Ohio to photograph the Army of the Cumberland. In late 1863, after the battles of Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, the pair set up a studio near Point Lookout. Here they photographed the western Union armies as they concentrated for…
- Contributor: Linn, James Birney - Linn, Royan M.
- Date: 1863-01-01
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Unidentified African American soldier in Union uniform and Company B, 103rd Regiment forage cap with bayonet and scabbard in front of painted backdrop showing landscape with river] 1 photograph : quarter-plate tintype, hand-colored ; 12 x 9.5 cm (case) | Photograph shows Company B 103 Regiment on forage cap either designating the U.S. Colored Troops or U.S. Volunteers Service.
- Date: 1863-01-01
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Unidentified African American soldier in Union uniform standing next to chair with bayonet] 1 photograph : sixth-plate tintype, hand-colored ; 9.4 x 8.2 cm (case) | Photograph shows single-stripe chevrons on sleeves.
- Date: 1863-01-01
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Unidentified African American soldier in Union cavalry uniform with cavalry saber in front of painted backdrop showing landscape] 1 photograph : ninth-plate ambrotype, hand-colored ; 9.5 x 8.4 cm (frame) | Photograph shows sergeant's chevrons painted on the sleeves.
- Date: 1863-01-01
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Unidentified young African American soldier in Union uniform with forage cap] 1 photograph : ninth-plate tintype, hand-colored ; 8.0 x 6.7 cm (case)
- Date: 1863-01-01
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Unidentified African American soldier in Union uniform and gloves with musket; another soldier waits at the side] 1 photograph : sixth-plate tintype, hand-colored ; 9.5 x 8.3 cm (case)
- Date: 1863-01-01
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Unidentified African American soldier in Union uniform in front of painted backdrop showing landscape] 1 photograph : sixth-plate tintype, hand-colored ; 9.5 x 8.2 cm (case)
- Date: 1863-01-01
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Two unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms; African American soldier on left in frock coat and slouch hat; soldier on right sitting on horse and wearing shell jacket and slouch hat] 1 photograph : sixth-plate tintype, hand-colored ; 9.7 x 8.7 cm (case)
- Date: 1863-01-01
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Unidentified African American soldier in Union uniform in front of painted backdrop showing military camp] 1 photograph : sixth-plate tintype, hand-colored ; 9.3 x 8.0 cm (case)
- Date: 1863-01-01
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Unidentified African American soldier in Union uniform] 1 photograph : carte de visite size tintype, hand-colored ; 10.5 x 7.8 cm (case)
- Date: 1863-01-01
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Major General John White Geary of 28th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment and General Staff U.S. Volunteers Infantry Regiment in Civil War battle pin] 1 photograph : tintype ; 12.5 x 11 cm (frame) | Photograph of identified general is mounted within shield-shaped medal that lists names of battles in which he fought on the border: Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Mechanicsville, Gaines Mill, Chancellorsville, Savage Station, Charles City Crossroads, Malvern Hill, South Mountain, and Antietam.
- Date: 1863-01-01
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Lewis Hicks of Company H, 53rd North Carolina Infantry Regiment with pistol in front of painted backdrop showing a gabled house] 1 photograph : sixth-plate ambrotype, hand-colored ; 9.7 x 8.3 cm (case) | Photograph shows identified soldier, Lewis Hicks, who enlisted in Company H, 53rd North Carolina Infantry Regiment, as a private on March 2, 1863 and died of disease on July 20, 1863.
- Date: 1863-01-01
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Photo, Print, Drawing[W. P. Ward of Company F, 40th Georgia Battalion Infantry Regiment] 1 photograph : sixth-plate ambrotype, hand-colored ; 9.5 x 8.0 cm (case) | Photograph shows identified soldier, W. P. Ward, who enlisted in Company F, 40th Georgia Battalion Infantry Regiment, as a private.
- Date: 1863-01-01
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Private Henry McCollum of Company B, 78th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment and three unidentified soldiers in 78th Pennsylvania Infantry uniforms at Point Lookout, Tennessee] 1 photograph : quarter-plate tintype ; 10.8 x 9.3 cm (case) | Photo shows soldiers, including Henry McCollum on the left, who posed for the Linns, who left Ohio to photograph the Army of the Cumberland. In late 1863, after the battles of Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, the pair set up a studio near Point Lookout. Here they photographed the western Union armies…
- Contributor: Linn, Royan M.
- Date: 1863
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Unidentified African American soldier in Union uniform] 1 photograph : sixth-plate ambrotype, hand-colored ; 9.4 x 8.4 cm (case)
- Date: 1863-01-01
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Private William B. Todd of Company E, 9th Virginia Cavalry Regiment with Colt Army revolver and smoking a cigar] 1 photograph : sixth-plate ambrotype, hand-colored ; 9.5 x 8.3 cm (case) | Photograph shows identified Confederate soldier.
- Date: 1863-01-01
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Unidentified African American soldier in Union cavalry uniform with sword] 1 photograph : sixth-plate ambrotype, hand-colored ; 9.4 x 8.4 cm (case)
- Date: 1863-01-01
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Sergeant Tom Strawn of Company B, 3rd U.S. Colored Troops (USCT) Heavy Artillery Regiment, with revolver in front of painted backdrop showing balustrade and landscape] 1 photograph : quarter-plate tintype, hand-colored ; 13.5 x 10.7 cm (frame) | Photograph shows identified soldier "wearing regulation enlisted frock without chevrons, NCO belt with eagle buckle, forage cap, and holding a large frame revolver." (Source: Military Antique Collector Magazine, 2024)
- Date: 1863
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Private Lucien Love of Co. D, 43rd Virginia Cavalry Battalion, in uniform with sword] 1 photograph : quarter-plate ambrotype ; 11.9 x 9.3 cm (case) | Photo shows young identified soldier. Lucien Love is one of six Mosby Rangers executed by the Union in September 1864 near Front Royal, Virginia. (Source: Virginia State Historical Marker "Executions of Mosby's Men," 2025)
- Date: 1863
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Unidentified African American soldier in Union infantry sergeant's uniform and black mourning ribbon with bayonet in front of painted backdrop] 1 photograph : quarter-plate ambrotype, hand-colored ; 12.0 x 9.5 cm (case)
- Date: 1863-01-01