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Tintype of a Union drummer boy

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@ National Museum of American History

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The name of the Union drummer who posed for this tintype has been lost, but a story recorded in the Smithsonian accession file states that he was one of two teenage brothers who served as drummers at Gettysburg.Currently not on view
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Copper (Overall Material)
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National Museum of American History

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Smithsonian Institution

Keywords

  1. American Civil War (1861 1865)
  2. Civil War
  3. Civil War, 1861 1865
  4. Military
  5. Photography

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