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sgt. Samuel Smith, African American Soldier In Union Uniform With Wife And Two Daughters.jpg

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Unidentified African American soldier in Union uniform with wife and two daughters   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Unidentified African American soldier in Union uniform with wife and two daughters
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English: 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) This is the only known photograph of an African American Union soldier with his family. Identified as Sgt. Samuel Smith of the 119th USCT, with his wife Mollie, and his daughters Mary and Maggie.
Date between 1863 and 1865
date QS:P571,+1863-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1863-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1865-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium 1 photograph : quarter-plate ambrotype
Dimensions height: 13.9 cm (5.4 in); width: 16.4 cm (6.4 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,13.9U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,16.4U174728
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institution QS:P195,Q131454
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  • Frame: Berg 7-22.
  • Title devised by Library staff.
  • Additional information in collections file.
  • Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105)
  • More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj
  • Video overview of the collection is available on C-Span
  • 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.
    • Echoes of glory : Arms and equipment of the Union. Alexandria, Va.: Time-Life Books, 2000, v. 1.
    • Miller, William J. and Brian C. Pohanka. An illustrated history of the Civil War, Alexandria, Va.: Time-Life Books, 2000.
    • "Original Maryland Civil War photographs," Paper & advertising collectors' marketplace, August 2006.
    • "Rare Civil War photographs exhibited," Antiques & auction news, September 15, 2006.
    • Wheeler, Linda. "Photo exhibit draws on remarkable private collections," Washington Post, September 14, 2006.
    • 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.
References http://usctchronicle.blogspot.com/2012/10/civil-war-portrait-identified.html
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