Description
A hand-colored ninth-plate ambrotype of a young girl, identified by a note attached to the case as, "White Slave Girl that played in the camps of the Army of the Potomac; evidently a scion of one of the F.F.V. [First Families of Virginia]" The photograph was taken ca. 1861-1865 by an unknown photographer. From the Ambrotype collection Photo. 2.129
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Photographs
Item from the collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Image use and licensing information: www.masshist.org/library/permissionsContact host institution for more information.
![[Unidentified boy holding cased photograph of soldier in Confederate uniform atop a Bible]](https://d2l9jrtx1kk04i.cloudfront.net/42ae11b3ccfafd333228a905c9ac8b17b6c0dfb5.png "[Unidentified boy holding cased photograph of soldier in Confederate uniform atop a Bible]")
![[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with four women, one holding photograph, and one man, probably family]](https://d2l9jrtx1kk04i.cloudfront.net/249add6680e3fb77bb06c9a8dda6c05ea836ce61.png "[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with four women, one holding photograph, and one man, probably family]")
![[Unidentified boy in zouave-style shirt with engineer's cap]](https://d2l9jrtx1kk04i.cloudfront.net/63f761f686ac25703e5ebb65de9c31c652b58b6b.png "[Unidentified boy in zouave-style shirt with engineer's cap]")
![[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform holding a young child in his lap]](https://d2l9jrtx1kk04i.cloudfront.net/0c18ea9abffa17299629fa978d6cc5ab14bacbba.png "[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform holding a young child in his lap]")
![[Unidentified boy in Union uniform with drum]](https://d2l9jrtx1kk04i.cloudfront.net/d502a51a38c6257d4af1ccff525ac60a85bea530.png "[Unidentified boy in Union uniform with drum]")
![[Unidentified young boy in Zouave uniform]](https://d2l9jrtx1kk04i.cloudfront.net/950eabc998bccd5f43ed7fde739bda73019b9409.png "[Unidentified young boy in Zouave uniform]")
![[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with wife and children]](https://d2l9jrtx1kk04i.cloudfront.net/46f33cab95d7d5f6b9d7a360b6ec5a364e7f5e1e.png "[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with wife and children]")
![[Unidentified young boy with Confederate kepi]](https://d2l9jrtx1kk04i.cloudfront.net/4ffb46efff79b346e465781045efc0669dc8261a.png "[Unidentified young boy with Confederate kepi]")
![[Unidentified boy in Union zouave uniform with drum]](https://d2l9jrtx1kk04i.cloudfront.net/b10e4efd608879a7477d09a3d6c997811543488b.png "[Unidentified boy in Union zouave uniform with drum]")
![[Unidentified young vivandière in Union uniform with barrel canteen and cup]](https://d2l9jrtx1kk04i.cloudfront.net/78c53424515756758123a12e0eb222f4292fb11f.png "[Unidentified young vivandière in Union uniform with barrel canteen and cup]")
![[Two unidentified young boys, one in Union cap, one in Confederate cap]](https://d2l9jrtx1kk04i.cloudfront.net/4d6a22c3c41a9ca0d3d88e7e45289e8e073ba192.png "[Two unidentified young boys, one in Union cap, one in Confederate cap]")
![[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with two children]](https://d2l9jrtx1kk04i.cloudfront.net/8f3a0f06f377bc6ac270ae399cabdb362a827426.png "[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with two children]")