Edwin J. Merriam
PhotographerPhotographed by
Burrows & Bundy
American, active 1865
Date1861-1864
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 3 1/2 x 2 3/16in. (8.9 x 5.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 1/2 x 2 3/16in. (8.9 x 5.6cm)
Mount (height x width): 4 x 2 3/8in. (10.2 x 6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 1/2 x 2 3/16in. (8.9 x 5.6cm)
Mount (height x width): 4 x 2 3/8in. (10.2 x 6cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThe Clifford T. Alderman Collection
DescriptionBust length portrait of a man wearing a military uniform. He has a mustache and goatee.
Object number2012.233.4
InscribedOn verso, upper left, in pencil, "probably 7th/CT/[Edwin J Merriam?]"; lower right, in pencil, accession numberNotesSubject Note: Edwin J. Merriam was from Durham, Connecticut. He enlisted on 29 August 1861 and was mustered into the Seventh Regiment Infantry on 6 September 1861 as a Sergeant. He was promoted from Sergeant in Company C on 22 December 1863 to Commissary-Sergeant. He became Second Leitenant for Company E on 12 April 1864. He was wounded on 16 August 1864 in the Battle at Deep Run, Virginia. He died on 6 September 1864. (Ruocco 4/21/2012)Subject Terms
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