Luther N. Curtis
PhotographerPhotographed by
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Date1862-1864
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 2 x 1 1/2in. (5.1 x 3.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 3/4 x 2in. (9.5 x 5.1cm)
Mount (height x width): 3 3/4 x 2 3/8in. (9.5 x 6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 3/4 x 2in. (9.5 x 5.1cm)
Mount (height x width): 3 3/4 x 2 3/8in. (9.5 x 6cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThe Clifford T. Alderman Collection
DescriptionHalf-length portrait of a young man wearing a Union uniform, including a broad-brimmed hat. He has a mustache.
Object number2012.233.10
InscribedOn recto, lower margin, in black ink, "Luther N. Curtis / Sergt. Major 21st C.V."; on verso, lower left, in pencil, accession numberNotesSubject Note: Luther N. Curtis of Hartford mustered in as a Sergeant Major in the Twenty-first Connecticut Volunteer Infantry on September 5 1862. He was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant on February 1 1864. He was wounded at Cold Harbor on June 3 1864 and discharged on September 14 1864. (Finlay 4/13/2012)On View
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