[Corporal John Wesley Edmunds of Co. B, 11th Virginia Infantry Regiment in uniform with secession badge and breastplate holding musket]

[United States] ; [between 1861 and 1863]

1 photograph : hand-colored ambrotype ; plate 105 x 81 mm (quarter plate format), case 118 x 93 mm.

Notes: Title devised by Library staff. Soldier not found in The Civil War Database. Regiment identification based on uniform identification by Bryan Watson on Military Images Facebook page and similarity to uniform worn by Private Peter S. Arthur of Company B, 11th Virginia Infantry Regiment, AMB/TIN no. 2860. Case: Leather; floral design. Notation in ink on trade card verso: "John Wesley Edmunds, son of Joseph & Charlotte, died 1863 in Civil War." Notation in ink on manuscript recto: "Taken from family Bible of Joseph Edmunds & Charlotte Wright. Births: John Wesley, their fourth son was born in Pittsylvania Co. on the 29th day of January 1840. Deaths: John W. Edmunds died 27th day of August 1863 about 2 o'clock in the evening, age 21 years seven months." Use digital images. Original served only by appointment because material requires special handling. For more information see: (www.loc.gov/rr/print/info/617_apptonly.html) Photograph shows identified soldier. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2013; (D067) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Ambrotype/Tintype photograph filing series (Library of Congress).

Subjects: Edmunds, John Wesley,--1840-1863. Confederate States of America.--Army.--Virginia Infantry Regiment, 11th--People--1860-1870. Soldiers--Confederate--1860-1870. Military uniforms--Confederate--1860-1870. Rifles--Confederate--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Confederate.

Format: Portrait photographs--1860-1870. Ambrotypes--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

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.38001