Private S.B. Ray of Co. K, 2nd Arkansas Infantry Regiment in uniform

Photograph shows identified soldier who died in Kentucky in October 1862.

Case: Berg, no. 2-135.
Clipping under glass reads: "My heart whenI'm tempted to wander, replies, here my first love - last love - my only love lies."
Manuscript fragment reads: "Presented to Miss. V.E. Gillenwaters, by her lover, S.B. Ray, June 18th, 1861. Keep this as a tribute of respect and remember me though far away, Your true friend, S.B.R."
Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073)

Purchased from: John R. Parsley, Poolesville, Maryland, November 2017.
Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress).
Forms part of: Ambrotype/Tintype photograph filing series (Library of Congress).
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