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English: Rees, Charles R.,, photographer.

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform of Co. E, "Lynchburg Rifles," 11th Virginia Infantry Volunteers holding 1841 "Mississippi" rifle, Sheffield-type Bowie knife, canteen, box knapsack, blanket roll, and cartridge box]
[1861]
1 photograph : sixth-plate ambrotype, hand-colored ; 9.4 x 8.1 cm (case)
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Case: Leather pointed quatrefoil interior with floral embellishments.
Additional information in collections file.
Photograph shows a soldier in 1861, fully-equipped with a Model 1841 "Mississippi" rifle, a Sheffield-style Bowie knife, revolver, militia style drum canteen, box knapsack, blanket roll, and cartridge box. (Source: Matthew R. Gross and Elizabeth T. Lewin, 2010)
Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105).
Purchased from: Otterburn Antiques, Altavista, Virginia, 2007.
Published in: Field, Ron and Robin Smith. "Uniforms of the Civil War," Guilford, Conn.: The Lyons Press, 2001, p. 151.
Published in: Hicks, Rusty and Adam Scher. "Piedmont Battle Shirts," Military Images, vol. XVII, no. 3 (November-December 1995), p. 10.
Exhibited: "Lynchburg and the Civil War: A Pictorial Retrospective," The Lynchburg Museum, 1996.
Subjects:
 Confederate States of America.--Army.--Virginia Infantry Regiment, 11th--People--1860-1870.
Soldiers--Confederate--1860-1870.
Military uniforms--Confederate--1860-1870.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Confederate.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Equipment & supplies--Confederate.
Format: Portrait photographs--1860-1870.
Ambrotypes--Hand-colored--1860-1870.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Ambrotype/Tintype filing series (Library of Congress) (DLC) 2010650518
Liljenquist Family collection (Library of Congress) (DLC) 2010650519
More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj
Persistent URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.27159

Call Number: AMB/TIN no. 2306
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