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"Nick Biddle" [graphic] : Of Pottsville, Pa., the first man wounded in the Great American Rebellion, "Baltimore, April 18, 1861."
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Contributor
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Mortimer, W.R., publisher.
Title
"Nick Biddle" [graphic] : Of Pottsville, Pa., the first man wounded in the Great American Rebellion, "Baltimore, April 18, 1861."
Publisher
Pottsville, Pa. : Published by W.R. Mortimer, Pottsville, Schuylkill Co., Pa
Publisher
PA. Pottsville. 1863
Date
[ca. 1861]
Physical Description
1 photograph : albumen on card mount ; mount 10 x 7 cm.(4 x 2.5 in.) (carte de visite format)
Description
Half-length portrait of the older African American volunteer Union soldier, attired in uniform. Biddle, a freedom seeker, sustained his wound - a gash to the head - as his troop, the Washington Artillerists, en route to defend the Capitol, was violently harassed by secessionists.
Notes
Title from item.
Forms part of: McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Portraits. [(1)5775.F]. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886.
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Subject
Biddle, Nicholas, approximately 1796- -- Portraits.
United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 25th (1861)
African American men.
Fugitive slaves -- Pennsylvania -- Pottsville.
Soldiers -- Union.
Freedom seekers.
African American soldiers -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Geographic subject
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American.
Genre
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Cartes de visite -- 1860-1870.
Portrait photographs -- 1860-1870.
Printer
Mortimer, W.R., publisher.
Provenance
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| portrait prints - McAllister Civil War scrapbook of portraits [(1)5775.F.8]
Accession number
(1)5775.F.8
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