Object Details
- Description
- This tintype depicts a portrait of a Union artilleryman. The insignia on his coat and had have been painted gold and his cheeks have been tinted pink. An order issued by the U.S. War Department in 1858 called for enlisted men to receive each year one dress hat such as the Hardee hat this man is wearing and a fatigue or forage cap.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- 1860s
- Physical Description
- metal (photograph material)
- velvet (lining material)
- plastic (case material)
- Object Name
- photograph
- tintype
