Lt. Sturgis, 7th Cavalry
date: label: associated date
content: 1876-06-25
name: label: maker
content: C. H. Wright & Co.
notes: label: Description
content: Photograph of Lieutenant James Garland Sturgis, 7th US Cavalry. Sturgis was killed in the Battle of the Little Bighorn on June 25, 1876 in the Montana Territory. Sturgis is shown seated in a chair wearing his Army dress uniform. He holds a sword on his lap and his shako-style military headgear is on a table next to him. Written on the back in black ink and in pencil is: "Ja. G. Sturgis 7th Cavalry, Killed at Little Big Horn, June 25 & 26, 1876". The photographer's stamp is also on the back: "C.H. Wright & Co. Photographers, 215 North Fifth Street, St. Louis."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: referenced
content: United States: Montana, Little Bighorn
topic: label: related event
content: Battle of the Little Bighorn
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2003.0311.42
label: accession number
content: 2003.0311
label: catalog number
content: 2003.0311.42
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in; 16.51 cm x 10.795 cm