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Gift of Clifford T. Alderman  2012.233.45  © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Henry E. Blakeslee
Gift of Clifford T. Alderman 2012.233.45 © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Henry E. Blakeslee

Photographer (1860 - 1865)
Date1861-1865
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 1 3/8 x 1 1/4in. (3.5 x 3.2cm) Sheet (height x width): 3 3/8 x 2 1/8in. (8.6 x 5.4cm) Mount (height x width): 4 x 2 7/16in. (10.2 x 6.2cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThe Clifford T. Alderman Collection
Object number2012.233.45
DescriptionBust-length portrait of a man wearing a Union uniform. He has a beard and mustache.
NotesSubject Note: Henry E. Blakeslee of Hartford enlisted in the Twelfth Connecticut Volunteer Infantry on November 13 1861 and was mustered in as a corporal on November 20 1861. He was promoted to first lieutenant in the Seventy-sixth United States Colored Infantry on March 6 1863 and to Captain on January 20 1865. He resigned on July 20 1865. (Finlay 4/20/2012)
Status
Not on view