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Photograph shows General John Sedgwick GAR Post No. 17 of Santa Ana, California with two Union veterans in uniform with medals and bayoneted muskets, a woman in mourning attire, and two girls holding flowers. They are beside an altar honoring dead comrades George H. Cake, Sgt. Newell Kinsman, Cpl. John M. Turrill and Capt. E. B. Strong, who are buried at the Santa Ana Cemetery in Santa, Ana, California. A portrait of Lincoln is on the wall. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2019 and findagrave.com)

Civil War veterans George H. Cake, Sgt. Newell Kinsman, Cpl. John M. Turrill and Capt. E. B. Strong are buried at the Santa Ana Cemetery in Santa, Ana, California, according to findagrave.com. This indicates that this photo pertains to the General John Sedgwick GAR Post No. 17 of Santa Ana, California. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2019)

Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072)

Purchased from: Regimental Headquarters, Falmouth, Virginia, 2015.

Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress).

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More than 2,500 special portrait photographs, called ambrotypes and tintypes, and small card photos called cartes de visite represent both Union and Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War (1861-1865). Tom Liljenquist and his sons Jason, Brandon, and Christian built this collection in memory of President Abraham Lincoln and the estimated 620,000-850,000 Union and Confederate servicemen who died in the American Civil War. For many, these photographs are the last known record we have of who they were and what they looked like. See "From the Donor's Perspective--The Last Full Measure" for the full story. The Liljenquist Family began donating their collection to the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division in 2010, and continues to add to it. In addition to the ambrotypes and tintypes, the collection also includes several manuscripts, patriotic envelopes, photographs on paper, and artifacts related to the Civil War. The portraits often show weapons, hats, canteens, musical instruments, painted backdrops, and other details that enhance the research value of the collection. Other photo topics include flags, city views, veterans, and ships. Among the rarest images are sailors, African Americans in uniform, Lincoln campaign buttons, and portraits of soldiers with their families and friends. LOC Prints & Photographs Division holds thousands of images relating to the Civil War, found in many different collections.

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01/01/1870
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Faces of the Civil War

Faces of the U.S. Civil War form Library of Congress.
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