American Civil War,John E. Cummins,Ohio Infantry Regiment,Union Uniform,Horse

Title: [John E. Cummins of the 50th, 99th, and 185th Ohio Infantry regiments in Union uniform next to a horse]
Date Created/Published: [between 1861 and 1865]
Summary: Photo shows identified soldier John E. Cummins, who enlisted at the age of 31 as a Lt. Colonel in the 99th Ohio Infantry. In December 1864 he was transferred to the 50th Ohio, and was then promoted to the rank of Colonel and transferred to the 185th Ohio in February 1865. In November 1865 Cummins was promoted to Brevet Brigadier General. He died in 1875 in Denver, Colorado. (Source: Matthew R. Gross and Elizabeth T. Lewin, 2010)
Notes:
Title devised by Library staff.
Case: Leather grapes in vase with scroll embellishments.
Cummins served as a Colonel, Lt. Colonel, and Brevet Brigadier General while with the 99th, 50th, and 185th Ohio Infantry
Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell.
Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105).
More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj
Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress).
Published in: Horse equipment of the Civil War era. Fairfax, Virginia: SCS Publications, 2003, back cover.
Exhibited: 'The Last Full Measure : Civil War Photographs from the Liljenquist Family Collection' at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2011.
Subjects:
Cummins, John E.,--1831-1875.
United States.--Army.--Ohio Infantry Regiment, 99th (1862-1864)--People.
United States.--Army.--Ohio Infantry Regiment, 50th (1862-1865)--People.
United States.--Army.--Ohio Infantry Regiment, 185th (1865)--People.
Soldiers--Union--1860-1870.
Military uniforms--Union--1860-1870.
Horses--1860-1870.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Animals--Union.
Portrait photographs--1860-1870.
Tintypes--Hand-colored--1860-1870.
Bookmark /2010650796/
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