Colonel John E. Bendix
Colonel John E. Bendix
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- Description
- Colonel John E. Bendix, carte-de-visite made by A.A Turner, New York, c. 1860s
- John E. Bendix served with the 10th New York Volunteers. At age forty-three, he was mustered in as a colonel on September 2, 1861, in New York City, for two years of service. During the December 13, 1862, Battle of Fredericksburg in Virginia, Bendix received a shell wound, and Capt. Salmon Winchester assumed command of the Tenth New York Volunteers. Bendix was later mustered out of service on May 7, 1863, in New York City.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- carte-de-visite
- photograph
- Object Type
- Carte-Visite
- date made
- 1861-1865
- depicted (sitter)
- Bendix, John E.
- graphic artist
- Turner, A. A.
- place made
- United States: New York, New York City
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 4 in x 2 13/32 in; 10.16 cm x 6.096 cm
- ID Number
- PG.003955S
- catalog number
- 3955S
- accession number
- 117896
- Credit Line
- Gift of M.W Seville
- subject
- Civil War
- Battle of Antietam, 1862
- Civil War
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- Work and Industry: Photographic History
- Seville Collection
- Photography
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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