[John E. Cummins of the 50th, 99th, and 185th Ohio Infantry regiments in Union uniform next to a horse] (LOC)

[John E. Cummins of the 50th, 99th, and 185th Ohio Infantry regiments in Union uniform next to a horse]

 

[between 1861 and 1865]

 

1 photograph : quarter-plate tintype, hand-colored ; 12.1 x 15.2 cm (case)

 

Notes:

Title devised by Library staff.

Case: Leather grapes in vase with scroll embellishments.

Cummins served as a Colonel, Lt. Colonel, and Brevet Brigadier General while with the 99th, 50th, and 185th Ohio Infantry

Photo shows John E. Cummins, who enlisted at the age of 31 as a Lt. Colonel in the 99th Ohio Infantry. In December 1864 he was transferred to the 50th Ohio, and was then promoted to the rank of Colonel and transferred to the 185th Ohio in February 1865. In November 1865 Cummins was promoted to Brevet Brigadier General. He died in 1875 in Denver, Colorado. (Source: Matthew R. Gross and Elizabeth T. Lewin, 2010)

Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105).

Published in: Horse equipment of the Civil War era. Fairfax, Virginia: SCS Publications, 2003, back cover.

 

Subjects:

Cummins, John E.,--1831-1875.

United States.--Army.--Ohio Infantry Regiment, 99th (1862-1864)--People.

United States.--Army.--Ohio Infantry Regiment, 50th (1862-1865)--People.

United States.--Army.--Ohio Infantry Regiment, 185th (1865)--People.

Soldiers--Union--1860-1870.

Military uniforms--Union--1860-1870.

Horses--1860-1870.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Animals--Union.

 

Format: Portrait photographs--1860-1870.

Tintypes--Hand-colored--1860-1870.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Part Of: Ambrotype/Tintype filing series (Library of Congress) (DLC) 2010650518

Liljenquist Family collection (Library of Congress) (DLC) 2010650519

 

More information about this collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj

 

Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.27549

 

Call Number: AMB/TIN no. 5043

 

 

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