Veteran Campaigner Enjoys a Smoke
Carte de visite by Rolandis Jacob McCans Little of Columbia, Pa. A Union soldier looks every part the veteran campaigner with trousers rolled up to reveal worn boots, a four-button sack coat, knapsack and weatherproof haversack. His thumb is neatly tucked into the strap of his haversack. A tightly-rolled cigar with ash on the tip and a cap pulled down low on his brow completes the picture.
A tax stamp on the back of the mount indicates he stood for this portrait between August 1864 and August 1866. The location of the gallery, south of Harrisburg, Pa., in Columbia, made national headlines in late June 1863 when the town’s residents burned a local bridge to thwart invading Confederates during the Gettysburg Campaign.
I encourage you to use this image for educational purposes only. However, please ask for permission.
Veteran Campaigner Enjoys a Smoke
Carte de visite by Rolandis Jacob McCans Little of Columbia, Pa. A Union soldier looks every part the veteran campaigner with trousers rolled up to reveal worn boots, a four-button sack coat, knapsack and weatherproof haversack. His thumb is neatly tucked into the strap of his haversack. A tightly-rolled cigar with ash on the tip and a cap pulled down low on his brow completes the picture.
A tax stamp on the back of the mount indicates he stood for this portrait between August 1864 and August 1866. The location of the gallery, south of Harrisburg, Pa., in Columbia, made national headlines in late June 1863 when the town’s residents burned a local bridge to thwart invading Confederates during the Gettysburg Campaign.
I encourage you to use this image for educational purposes only. However, please ask for permission.