Cabinet card of a Civil War veteran at 11th Indiana Monument at Chickamauga
date: label: Date
content: 1864-1900
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: This is a black and white photograph of an African American Civil War Veteran at 11th Indiana Monument at Chickamauga. Standing sideways in front of the monument, he is in profile to the viewer. His left leg is propped up on the base of the monument. Wearing a long greatcoat buttoned to the neck and a hat, he holds a rifle with both hands wrapped around the end of the muzzle, resting the rifle butt on the ground in front of him. The monument is of stone and extends beyond the edge of the photograph. The man stands next to a large metal plaque set into the monument. Trees and a field are visible behind the monument. There is an inscription on the back.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Fort Oglethorpe, Catoosa County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
label: Topic
content: United States Colored Troops
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.248.2.1
objectType: label: Type
content: cabinet photographs
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper on card mount
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 5 1/2 × 3 7/8 in. (14 × 9.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (card): 6 × 4 1/2 in. (15.2 × 11.4 cm)