Possibly an Officer in the Twelfth Connecticut Volunteer Infantry
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 3 3/8 x 2 1/8in. (8.6 x 5.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 3/8 x 2 1/8in. (8.6 x 5.4cm)
Mount (height x width): 3 3/4 x 2 1/4in. (9.5 x 5.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 3/8 x 2 1/8in. (8.6 x 5.4cm)
Mount (height x width): 3 3/4 x 2 1/4in. (9.5 x 5.7cm)
Credit LineThe Clifford T. Alderman Collection
DescriptionFull-length standing portrait of a man wearing a military uniform. He has a beard and mustache. His hands rest on his sword. He is standing on a patterned carpet or floorcloth.
Object number2012.233.111
InscribedOn verso, upper left, in blue ink, "12 Conn. Vol."; lower right, in pencil, accession numberNotesSubject Note: The Twelfth Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry was recruited at Hartford and was known as the "Charter Oak Regiment." The men mustered in during the fall of 1861; they mustered out 26 November 1864, having suffered severe losses in battle and from disease. The identification of this soldier as a member of the Twelfth Connecticut Volunteer Infantry is solely based on the inscription on the back of the mount. (Finlay 5/12/2012)On View
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