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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05131.26 |
| From Archive Folder | Ambrotype and tintype photographs, mostly portraits |
| Title | Tintype of William T. Sherman, with second tintype of a little girl |
| Date | ca. 1861 |
| Document Type | Photograph |
| Content Description | Bust portrait of William T. Sherman with one star. 9th plate tintype in 6th plate Union Case. Descriptive tag mistakenly identifies this photograph as: "Ferrotype of Gen. Phil. Henry Sheridan Commander of the Army of Shenandoah in 1864." A 6th plate tintype portrait of an infant girl was discovered underneath Sherman in the case, and was treated as #2. Her clothes have been colored pink. CASE: Union case showing cross cannons over a pyramid of cannonballs. An American flag appears on either side of the center image. A union shield appears in each of the lower corners. (See Clifford & Michele Krainik, Union Cases, #112.) Case thickness 2.6 cm. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Union General Women's History Children and Family |
| People | Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891) |
| Place written | s.l. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Children & Family |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |