Captain James Leonard
date: label: date made
content: 1861-1862
name: label: depicted (sitter)
content: Leonard, James
label: maker
content: Curry, William H.
notes: label: Description
content: Captain James Leonard, carte-de-visite, by William H. Curry, Wilmington, Delaware, c. 1860-1862
label: Description
content: James Leonard was a Union solider during the Civil War, and served with the 1st Delaware Volunteers. He was killed instantly on the front lines of the Battle of Antietam in Maryland on September 17, 1862. He was one of the 23,000 soldiers from both sides killed, wounded, or missing in the bloodiest one-day battle in United States history.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Delaware, Wilmington
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.003955HH
label: catalog number
content: 3955HH
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 3/8 in; 10.16 cm x 6.0325 cm