Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Ambrotype |
Title |
Edward Harrison Estes |
Catalog Number |
2012.010.00001 |
Description |
Sixth-plate ambrotype with applied color: image of a young man (Edward Harrison Estes) standing, in uniform, facing and looking directly at the camera; wearing a frock coat with seven gold tinted buttons in a straight line and a kepi with gold accents; at the natural waist is a belt on the outside of the coat with a bowie knife attached immediately in front of his right arm; at his left side is a long arm with an attached bayonet; case is leather-covered wood case with brass hinge and latch; embossed floral motif design on obverse and reverse exterior case sections; faded yellow-brown velvet with impressed paisley design in inside of obverse interior [cover] sections; tape on back has "Edward Harrison Estes circa June 1861" handwritten in black ink; |
Medium |
Brass/Felt/Glass/Leather/Paint/Metal/Wood |
Studio |
Unknown |
Photographer |
Unknown |
Event |
Battle of Seven Pines / Fair Oaks |
Owner Regiment |
38th Virginia Infantry, Co. K |
Provenance |
Photograph of Edward Harrison Estes, wearing his Confederate uniform. He served in 38th Virginia Infantry, Co. K. Taken circa June 1861, around the time of his enlistment. He was sent home on sick furlough August 17, 1861; was wounded at the Battle of Seven Pines on May 31, 1862, and admittted to a hospital; was detailed as enrolling officer by August 31, 1862. |
People |
Estes, Edward Harrison |
Search Terms |
Battle of Gettysburg Battle of Seven Pines / Fair Oaks Henry County, Virginia Peninsula Campaign Pickett's Division Pittsylvania County, Virginia |
Subjects |
Ambrotypes Cased photographs Civil War, U.S. Ill persons Illnesses Military personnel Photographs Photography Sick persons Sickness Soldiers War Wounded in war Wounds & injuries |