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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05145 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Photographs of the Civil War |
| Title | Carte de visite of the "Drummer Boy of Chickamauga," Johnny Clem |
| Date | ca. 1863 |
| Document Type | Photograph |
| Content Description | Mounted. Ex-Greenway collection. Nice image. Pencil notes on verso from previous owner: "1851-1951 [?] The youngest [sic]. Also [known as] John[n]y Shiloh or the drummer boy of Shiloh. 1851-[19]37 d[ied] @86. Lossing[.] Probably the youngest person who ever bore arms in battle[.] Probably signed in 1892 @ age 41." |
| Subjects | Children and Family Civil War Military History Battle Battle of Shiloh (Pittsburg Landing) Battle of Chickamauga |
| Place written | [s.l.] |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Children & Family |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |