Tintype of a Union drummer boy
notes: label: Description
content: The name of the Union drummer who posed for this tintype has been lost, but a story recorded in the Smithsonian accession file states that he was one of two teenage brothers who served as drummers at Gettysburg.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: related event
content: Civil War
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, General
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content: Civil War
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content: Military
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content: Photography
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2009.0192.01
label: accession number
content: 2009.0192
label: catalog number
content: 2009.0192.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tintype
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: copper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in x 2 in; 6.35 cm x 5.08 cm