Tintype with hardtack frame

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Object Details

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.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Hayes A. Newby and Nannette Newby Warner

associated date

1861-1865

ID Number

1979.0916.02

catalog number

1979.0916.02

accession number

1979.0916

Object Name

photograph

Other Terms

photograph; Tintype

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Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military

Civil War

Military

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

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

Record ID

nmah_443489