Tintype with hardtack frame

Description:

This innovative piece of memorabilia consists of a tintype of Augustus B. Hayes in a hardtack frame. At the age of 18, Hayes enlisted in the 1st Regiment Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery Battery B on August 8, 1862. Hayes was wounded on December 31, 1862 in the Battle of Stones River. Despite this he served three more years and was mustered out June 16, 1865.

Associated Date: 1861-1865

Location: Currently not on view

See more items in: Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, Military, Civil War, Military

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Credit Line: Hayes A. Newby and Nannette Newby Warner

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1979.0916.02Catalog Number: 1979.0916.02Accession Number: 1979.0916

Object Name: photographOther Terms: photograph; Tintype

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-766e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_443489

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