File:Brigadier General William Hays, approximately 1860s (PORTRAITS 2106).jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Brigadier_General_William_Hays,_approximately_1860s_(PORTRAITS_2106).jpg ‎(365 × 600 pixels, file size: 30 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents
The categories of this image need checking. You can do so here.
  • Please remove redundant categories and try to put this image in the most specific category/categories.
  • You can remove this template by clicking here (or on the first line).

This image was automatically transferred from the collections of the University of Washington. While certainly the majority of metadata in their database is correct, it is not necessarily written by individuals who are expert on the material they are describing. Such images often have incorrect dates, locations, or other information.

If you can verify that this information is correct, or correct it if it isn't, please do so and remove this template. Also, if you are correcting information, please also let the library know so that they can update the metadata on their site. You can contact UW LIBRARIES MSCUA at photos@uw.edu

Summary

[edit]
English: Brigadier General William Hays, approximately 1860s   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
English: R.W. Addis
Title
English: Brigadier General William Hays, approximately 1860s
Description
English:

Photographer: R.W. Addis, Washington, D.C. PH Coll 1034.Hays, W1

Hays (May 9, 1819 - February 7, 1875) graduated from West Point in 1840 and then served as an artillery officer in the Mexican American War. He was appointed a lieutenant colonel at the start of the Civil War. He participated in the Battle of Antietam, Fredericksburg. He was promoted to a brigadier general in 1862. At the battle of Chancellorsville, he was wounded, taken prisoner and was exchanged in time to fight at Gettysburg in July 1863. After the war, he served in the 5th US Artillery at various posts until his death.

  • Subjects (LCSH): Hays, William, 1819-1875; Generals--United States--Portraits; Men--United States--Portraits; United States. Army--Uniforms
Date circa 1865
date QS:P571,+1865-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
University of Washington: Special Collections
Accession number
2106
Source
English: Portraits Collection
Permission
(Reusing this file)
Public domain
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
Order Number
InfoField
POR2064

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current07:50, 13 August 2020Thumbnail for version as of 07:50, 13 August 2020365 × 600 (30 KB)BMacZeroBot (talk | contribs)Batch upload (Commons:Batch uploading/University of Washington Digital Collections)

You cannot overwrite this file.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Brigadier_General_William_Hays,_approximately_1860s_(PORTRAITS_2106).jpg&oldid=833746183"