Five soldiers, four unidentified, in Union uniforms of the 6th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Militia outfitted with Enfield muskets in front of encampment.
Photo shows soldiers wearing frock coats and standing at ease with their Enfield Rifles. An encampment is visible in the background. (Source: Matthew R. Gross and Elizabeth T. Lewin, 2010) Photo shows one identified soldier, Albert L. Burgess, on far right.
Date Created/Published: [between 1862 September 8 and 1863 June 6]
Medium: 1 photograph : quarter-plate tintype, hand-colored ; 12.5 x 10 cm (case)
Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs; Ambrotype/Tintype photograph filing series; Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
Record page for image is here.
Civil War Portrait 013
