Civil War Era Photographic Portraiture #007 John T. Hughes (July 25, 1817 — August 11, 1862) was a colonel in the Missouri State Guard and Confederate Army during the American Civil War. He might also have been a brigadier general at the time of his death but documentation of the appointment is lacking. Hughes returned [...]
Civil War Era Photographic Portraiture #006 Title: [Major Robert Olin Peatross of Co. E, 30th Virginia Infantry Regiment and Field and Staff with sword] Related Names: Rees, Charles R. , photographer (attributed name Date Created/Published: [between 1861 and 1865] Medium: 2 photographs in 1 case : ninth-plate ambrotype and sixth-plate ambrotype, hand-colored ; 8 x [...]
Civil War Era Photographic Portraiture #005 Title [Jesse Sharpe Barnes, later captain of Co. F, 4th North Carolina Infantry, in South Carolina militia uniform with sword and pistols] Summary Photograph shows identified soldier, Jesse S. Barnes, a Confederate captain who was killed on May 31, 1862, at Seven Pines, Virginia. Captain Barnes probably fought in [...]