Gift of Clifford T. Alderman 2012.233.43 © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Jesse Wilkinson

PhotographerPhotographed by Andrew Joseph Russell (American, 1830 - 1902)

Date1864-1865

MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 1 1/2 x 1 1/2in. (3.8 x 3.8cm) Sheet (height x width): 3 5/8 x 2 3/16in. (9.2 x 5.6cm) Mount (height x width): 4 x 2 1/2in. (10.2 x 6.4cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineThe Clifford T. Alderman Collection

Object number2012.233.43

DescriptionBust-length portrait of a young man wearing a Union uniform. He has a beard.

NotesSubject Note: Jesse Wilkinson of Norwich enlisted on July 12 1862 and was mustered in as a sergeant in the Eighteenth Connecticut Volunteer Infantry on August 15 1862. He was captured on June 15 1863 and paroled on July 14 1863. On March 16 1864 he was promoted to Captain of Company A, Forty-third United States Colored Infantry. He was discharged on October 20 1865. (Finlay 4/19/2012)

Date Note: According to an inscription on the photograph, it was taken while Wilkinson was serving as a captain with the Forty-third U.S. Colored Infantry. (Finlay 4/19/2012)

Status

Not on view