First Lieutenant Samuel A. McAllister
date: label: date made
content: 1861-1865
name: label: depicted (sitter)
content: McAllister, Samuel A.
label: maker
content: Turner's
notes: label: Description
content: First Lieutenant Samuel A. McAllister, carte-de-visite, by Turner's, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1860s
label: Description
content: Samuel A. McAllister served with the 1st Delaware Volunteers. On December 18, 1862, Sergeant McAllister was appointed sergeant major of Company F, and six days later on December 24, 1862, he was further promoted to second lieutenant of Company B. In January 1863 McAllister was made first lieutenant with Company F. During the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862, he was present when Captain Rickards (cat. #3955JJ) was killed.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: Subject
content: Civil War
label: related event
content: Battle of Antietam, 1862
label: related event
content: Civil War
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Seville Collection
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content: Photography
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of M.W Seville
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PG.003955P
label: catalog number
content: 3955P
label: accession number
content: 117896
objectType: label: Object Name
content: carte-de-visite
label: Object Name
content: photograph
label: Object Type
content: Carte-Visite
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 2 3/8 in; 10.16 cm x 5.9944 cm