[A Civil War soldier with a fife for a nose wearing a backpack with a bed roll]

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Title: [A Civil War soldier with a fife for a nose wearing a backpack with a bed roll]
Date: [18]62 October 30
Creator: Beckley, Wilson S., 1845-1866.
Notes: "From Fifer."; Wilson S. Beckley ALS to Mother [Sarah Sturdevant Beckley], October 30, [18]62. Prewitt's Knob, [Ky.], page 1. From a collection of papers including dated material from April 12, 1862, through November 16, 1864. The collection of 16 letters provides a great deal of information on camp life in the 21st Michigan Volunteer Infantry as well as views towards the “rebels.” With the exception of one letter from a cousin named Julia and a discarded letter of a Confederate soldier that he found at a rebel camp describing the battle of Shiloh, all letters were written by Beckley to his mother.
Names and Subjects: Backpacks.; Caricatures--American--1860-1870.; Fife.; Men, White.; Michigan Infantry Volunteers.; Military uniforms--Pictorial works.; Military uniforms--Union--1860-1870.; Military uniforms--United States--1860-1870.; Musical instruments--1860-1870.; Musical instruments--Pictorial works.; Musical instruments in art.; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military life--Pictorial works.; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union--Kentucky.; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Music.; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Soldiers--Union.; Manuscripts shelf.
Genre: Letters (correspondence); Line drawings.; Pen and ink drawings.
Collection Title: Wilson S. Beckley papers
Collection Creator: Beckley, Wilson S., 1845-1866
Project Name: Illustrated Manuscripts Project
ID: 5820
Repository: William L. Clements Library
Date Added/Updated: 2018-07-19 18:19:34

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Image Size: 3648 x 5786
File Size: 1 MB
Record: 5820
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