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)
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
DescriptionBust-length portrait of a young man wearing a Union uniform. He has a beard.
Object number2012.233.43
InscribedOn recto, lower margin, in black ink, "Yours truly / Jesse Wilkinson / Capt. 43rd U.S.C.I."; on verso, upper right, in pencil, accession number; lower margin, in pencil, "U. S. Colored Troops / POW Winchester 6-15-63" "ebay 01/2002" "CDV 13291"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)
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