Following the American Civil War Sesquicentennial with day by day writings of the time, currently 1863.

Private Charles H. Bickford of B Company, 2nd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment as a young boy

 

Private Charles H. Bickford of B Company, 2nd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment as a child.

Name from inscription on handwritten note in case; additional information on note includes date of birth, March 1844, date and place of death, May 3, 1863, at Chancellorsville, Virginia, and name of sister, Georgeanna Hunt.

Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010

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 027

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