Tom Liljenquist, who donated his collection of 700 Civil War-era portraits to the Library of Congress, holds a favorite tintype. This portrait is of a soldier named Carl, whose identity may have been discovered by a Virginia researcher.
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A soldier named Carl, shown as a child, was killed in combat shortly before Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. Virginia researcher Nancy Dearing Rossbacher has identified him possibly as Carlos E. Rogers, a Union infantryman.
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Tom Liljenquist, right, and Carol Marie Johnson of the Library of Congress go over pieces of his donated collection of Civil War tintypes and ambrotype photographs.
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The Library of Congress plans a major exhibition of the photos in April, on the 150th anniversary of the start of the war.
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A tintype shows three unidentified soldiers in Union uniform in front of a painted military camp scene backdrop.
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An unidentified young soldier is shown in Confederate shell jacket, Hardee hat with Mounted Rifles insignia and plume with canteen and cup.
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A young soldier in Union uniform stands with bayoneted musket, scabbard and cap box.
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Two unidentified women wearing identical skirts, blouses, and jewelry, hold weaving shuttles.
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An African American soldier in Union uniform is shown with wife and two daughters.
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An unidentified young African American soldier is shown in a Union uniform.
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This ambrotype of an unidentified African American woman was created between 1860 and 1870.
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An unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform holds an 1841 "Mississippi" rifle, Sheffield-type Bowie knife, canteen, box knapsack, blanket roll and cartridge box.
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A young soldier in Union uniform and Hardee hat sits with a musket, cartridge box, and cap box.
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Two unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms are shown in front of a painted backdrop showing a military camp scene.
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An unidentified young soldier in Union uniform stands with a bayoneted musket, knapsack and knife.
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Tintype shows Private W.T. Harbison of Company B, 11th North Carolina Infantry Regiment.
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An unidentified girl in a mourning dress holds a framed photograph of her father as a cavalryman.
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Two unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms hold cigars in each others' mouths.
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Gallery Credits:
Photo Editor, Producer Troy Witcher
