Portrait of Pvt. Edwin Francis Jemison, 2nd Louisiana Regiment, C.S.A.

Although previously identified as Private Edwin Francis Jennison, Georgia Regiment, C.S.A., recent research has established that this photograph is of Private Edwin Francis Jemison, 2nd Louisiana Regiment. He served in the Peninsula campaign under General J.B. Magruder and was killed in the battle of Malvern Hill, July, 1862.
Forms part of Selected Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 (Library of Congress)
Copy photograph made by LC in 1961 of daguerreotype owned by Jemison's descendants.
American Memory edition timeline. No. 1050
Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
General information about Civil war photographs is available at loc.gov
Forms part of: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 (Library of Congress).
Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865.