ca. 1860-1880
Guide to the 照片graph 科尔ection
Restrictions on Access
Use of the originals is restricted. This collection is available as color digital facsimiles (see links below).
摘要
This collection contains tintype, ambrotype, and albumen portraits of soldiers and officers of the 第54质量achusetts Volunteer 正antry Regiment, the first Black regiment from the North during the Civil War, as well as photos of the regiment's military camps, battles, and flags.
科尔ection Description
This collection contains photographs of the 第54质量achusetts Volunteer 正antry Regiment, the first Black regiment raised in the North during the Civil War. 他们 were collected by Capt. 路易斯·F. 埃米利奥, commander of Company E of the regiment. 的 photos date from ca. 1860 to ca. 1880 and include tintypes and one ambrotype of African American members of the regiment, as well as albumen photographs of its officers, including Robert Gould Shaw. 的re are also photographs of the regiment's military camps at Jacksonville, Fla. and Beaufort, Hilton Head Island, Folly Island, and Morris 岛,年代.C., as well as photographs of Fort McAllister, Georgia and the siege of Fort Wagner on Morris Island in 1863. One photograph that depicts the flags of the 第54质量. Volunteer 正antry Regiment has pieces of the original flags 附加. 照片graphers include George S. 烹饪 and 哈斯 & 皮尔; most of the photographers are unidentified.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged by for垫: tintypes (arranged alphabetically) in one pamphlet box; ambrotype (stored apart from the collection in 照片. 科尔. 2, Ambrotype collection); and albumen photographs in one oversize box (listed in the original order in which Capt. 路易斯·F. 埃米利奥 pasted them to large sheets of 纸).
Acquisition 正or垫ion
的 第54质量achusetts Volunteer 正antry Regiment were removed from the Records of the Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts Volunteer 正antry Regiment, a gift by Mary Silsbee 埃米利奥 to the Massachusetts Historical Society in 1920.
Restrictions on Access
Use of the originals is restricted. This collection is available as color digital facsimiles (see links below).
Detailed Description of the 科尔ection
All inscriptions in the hand 路易斯·F. 埃米利奥.
的 photographs in this collection have been digitized. 点击 the photograph numbers below to access digital images.
Inscription on back of tintype: "Copy of photo taken at Morris Is. in 1864. / Pvt. 底盘H. Arnum有限公司. E. North Adams. 道具. 路易斯·F. 埃米利奥."
Inscription on back of tintype: "Accidentally killed by a pistol shot, while cleaning the arm July 12, 1863. at James 岛,年代.C. Probably taken at Readville, M [inscription torn off]."
Inscription on back of tintype: "Pvt Abraham Brown Co. E. Shot himself accidently July 12 '63 道具 of L. F. 埃米利奥."
Inscription on back of tintype: "Richard Gomer or Gomes as he writes it. Pvt. 公司H. Cedar Rapids 251 S. 8日圣. 爱荷华州."
Listed in Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in the Civil War (酒吧. 1931-1937) as "Gomar, Richard."
Inscription on back of tintype: "Musician John Goosberry Co. E. 第54质量. 道具erty of L. F. 埃米利奥."
Inscription on back of tintype: "Alex H. Johnson Musician Co. C 第54质量. 正. 从另一侧. Homans."
Inscription on back of tintype: "Wm J. Netson Mus. Co. E. Return to L. F. 埃米利奥."
Inscription on back of tintype: "Pvt. 底盘. A. 史密斯. Co. C. 道具erty of L. F. 埃米利奥."
Also known by alternate spelling: "Henry F. 斯图尔特."
Inscription under photograph reads: "Capt. Samuel Willard (Mann)."
Inscription on back of photo: "From photo plate owned by Geo. S. 烹饪， photographer, 913 E. 主圣., Richmond, Va., purchased by me in March 1895, i.e. this photo, having seen the plate in Richmond, Va when there in Jan. 1895 - L. F. E."
照片graph mount also displays cloth pieces of the flags, with captions.
Inscription on photograph: "Portions of 54th flags / -from- / Mrs. [illegible] Homans, Jan 17, 1894."
Preferred Citation
第54质量achusetts Volunteer 正antry Regiment photographs, 照片. 科尔. 72, Massachusetts Historical Society 照片 档案.
Access Terms
This collection is indexed under the following headings in 阿比盖尔, the online catalog of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Researchers desiring 垫erials about related persons, organizations, or subjects should search the catalog using these headings.