MEDIA
Unidentified Member of the Richmond Howitzers
Original Author: Charles R. Rees
Created: Between 1861 and 1865
Medium: Hand-colored sixth-plate ambrotype

Unidentified Member of the Richmond Howitzers

An unidentified member of 1st Company, Richmond Howitzer Battalion, drapes a cape or coat over his shoulder in this hand-colored ambrotype by the Richmond photographer Charles R. Rees. This image is part of the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs at the Library of Congress.