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Unidentified African American soldier in Union uniform with wife and two daughters (

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Title

Unidentified African American soldier in Union uniform with wife and two daughters

Description

Photograph showing soldier in uniform, wife in dress and hat, and two daughters wearing matching coats and hats. In May 1863, U.S. Secretary of War Edwin Stanton issued General Order No. 143 creating the Bureau of U. S. Colored Troops. This image was found in Cecil County, Maryland, making it likely that this soldier belonged to one of the seven U.S.C.T. regiments raised in Maryland. (Source: Matthew R. Gross and Elizabeth T. Lewin, 2010) This is the only known photograph of an African American Union soldier with his family.

Date

between 1863 and 1865

Medium

1 photograph : quarter-plate ambrotype

Dimensions

13.9 × 16.4 cm (5.4 × 6.4 in) (frame)

Collection

Library of Congress

	Native name	Library of Congress
	Location	Washington, D.C. , United States of America
	Coordinates	38° 53′ 19″ N, 77° 00′ 17″ W
	Established	24 April 1800
	Website	loc.gov
	Authority file	: Q131454 VIAF: 151962300 ISNI: 000000012186288X ULAN: 500312782 LCCN: n78089035 NLA: 35304669 WorldCat

Notes

colorized version

Frame: Berg 7-22.
Title devised by Library staff.
Additional information in collections file.
Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105)
More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj
Video overview of the collection is available on C-Span
Purchased from: Ross J. Kelbaugh: 19th and 20th Century Photographs & Militaria, Baltimore, Md., 2008.
Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress).
Published in:
- Kelbuagh, Ross J. The Civil War in Maryland: Rare photographs from the collections of the Maryland Historical Society and its members. Baltimore, Md.: *Toomey Press, 2006, p. 36.
- Echoes of glory : Arms and equipment of the Union. Alexandria, Va.: Time-Life Books, 2000, v. 1.
- Miller, William J. and Brian C. Pohanka. An illustrated history of the Civil War, Alexandria, Va.: Time-Life Books, 2000.
- "Original Maryland Civil War photographs," Paper & advertising collectors' marketplace, August 2006.
- "Rare Civil War photographs exhibited," Antiques & auction news, September 15, 2006.
- Wheeler, Linda. "Photo exhibit draws on remarkable private collections," Washington Post, September 14, 2006.
- Woodhead, Henry. Echoes of Glory. Alexandria, Va.: Time-Life Books, 1991, p. 13.
Exhibited: "The Last Full Measure : Civil War Photographs from the Liljenquist Family Collection" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2011.

References

http://usctchronicle.blogspot.com/2012/10/civil-war-portrait-identified.html

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This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division
under the digital ID ppmsca.36454.
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