First Lieutenant Charles W. Cowtan/Cowlan
date: label: date made
content: 1861-1865
name: label: depicted (sitter)
content: Cowlan, Charles W.
label: maker
content: Brill, Julius
notes: label: Description
content: First Lieutenant Charles W. (CW) Cowtan, carte-de-visite, by Julius Brill, New York, c.1860s
label: Description
content: Charles W. (C. W.) Cowtan, who was also recorded as Charles W. Cowlan, served with the 10th New York Volunteers. He enlisted on April 26, 1861, in New York City, at age nineteen. The following day, he was mustered in as a private for Company A, for two years of service.
label: Description
content: As the war progressed, Charles Cowtan was promoted several times. His first promotion occurred on October 12, 1861, when he became a sergeant. Nine months later, on July 12, 1862, he was promoted to commissary-sergeant. He was mustered in as a second lieutenant for Company K, on February 23, 1863; and finally first lieutenant on June 5, 1865. He was mustered out with his regiment, on June 30, 1865, at Munson’s Hill, Virginia.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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.003955BB
label: catalog number
content: 3955BB
label: accession number
content: 117896
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photograph
label: Object Name
content: carte-de-visite
label: Object Type
content: Carte-Visite
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 2 1/2 in; 10.16 cm x 6.35 cm