Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Ambrotype |
Title |
Thomas Pilkington Purse, Jr. |
Catalog Number |
2012.012.00041 |
Description |
Sixth-plate ambrotype with applied color; man seated, waist up, facing camera, hands resting in lap, left hand holding musket with attached bayonet; small cloth covered table to left with gloves lying on top; early war militia style uniform of dark, single breasted frock coat with nine button front with light colored trim on collar, cuffs, and epaulet brides; dark forage cap with leather chin strap and brass buttons; black leather shoulder belt with U.S. eagle plate; black leather waist belt with oval plate (design not discernible) and cap pouch; nonpareil metal mat, simpel preserver; case is leather-covered wood case, embossed on reverse exterior section; obverse case [cover] section missing; |
Medium |
Brass/Glass/Leather/Metal/Paint/Wood |
Studio |
Unknown |
Photographer |
Unknown |
Event |
Battle of First Manassas / First Bull Run |
Owner Regiment |
8th Regiment Georgia Infantry, Co. B |
Provenance |
Thomas Purse was killed at the Battle of First Manassas. He served in 8th Regiment Georgia Infantry, Co. B. the 8th Georgia Infantry was formed in Virginia from companies that had been arriving from different Georgia counties, under Colonel Francis Bartow. The regiment was initially assigned to the Shenandoah Valley. Crossing the Virginia Piedmont, it arrived in Winchester. They departed on June 19, fording the Shenandoah River with their "luggage tied on the ends of [their] fixed bayonets." After reaching the Piedmont station, the regiment was transported to Manassas by train. |
People |
Purse, Thomas Pilkington, Jr. |
Search Terms |
Battle of First Manassas / First Bull Run Savannah, Georgia |
Subjects |
Ambrotypes Cased photographs Casualties, War Dead persons Death guns hats, military muskets Photographs Photography Soldiers Uniforms War War casualties |