Unidentified African American Soldier,Union Uniform,Wife,Daughters,Family,c1865

Title: [Unidentified African American soldier in Union uniform with wife and two daughters]
Date Created/Published: [between 1863 and 1865]
Summary: Photograph showing soldier in uniform, wife in dress and hat, and two daughters wearing matching coats and hats. In May 1863, U.S. Secretary of War Edwin Stanton issued General Order No. 143 creating the Bureau of U. S. Colored Troops. This image was found in Cecil County, Maryland, making it likely that this soldier belonged to one of the seven U.S.C.T. regiments raised in Maryland. (Source: Matthew R. Gross and Elizabeth T. Lewin, 2010)
Notes:
Frame: Berg 7-22.
Title devised by Library staff.
Additional information in collections file.
Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell.
Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105)
Purchased from: Ross J. Kelbaugh: 19th and 20th Century Photographs & Militaria, Baltimore, Md., 2008.
Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress).
Published in: Kelbuagh, Ross J. The Civil War in Maryland: Rare photographs from the collections of the Maryland Historical Society and its members. Baltimore, Md.: Toomey Press, 2006, p. 36.
Published in: Echoes of glory : Arms and equipment of the Union. Alexandria, Va.: Time-Life Books, 2000, v. 1.
Published in: Miller, William J. and Brian C. Pohanka. An illustrated history of the Civil War, Alexandria, Va.: Time-Life Books, 2000.
Published in: 'Original Maryland Civil War photographs,' Paper & advertising collectors' marketplace, August 2006.
Published in: 'Rare Civil War photographs exhibited,' Antiques & auction news, September 15, 2006.
Published in: Wheeler, Linda. 'Photo exhibit draws on remarkable private collections,' Washington Post, September 14, 2006.
Published in: Woodhead, Henry. Echoes of Glory. Alexandria, Va.: Time-Life Books, 1991, p. 13.
Exhibited: 'The Last Full Measure : Civil War Photographs from the Liljenquist Family Collection' at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2011.
Subjects:
United States.--Army--People--1860-1870.
African Americans--Military service--1860-1870.
Soldiers--Union--1860-1870.
Military uniforms--Union--1860-1870.
Families--1860-1870.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union.
Ambrotypes--1860-1870.
Group portraits--1860-1870.
Portrait photographs--1860-1870.
Bookmark /2010647216/
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