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Image Title: Group Of Rhode Island Soldiers. Company C, 1861

Creator: Waud, Alfred R. (Alfred Rudolph), 1828-1891, artist

Date: 1861 ca. April-August

Notes: Figures labelled below image: Full dress with blanket; Fatigue; Full Marching order. Burnside rifles. Inscribed vertically right margin: Description on the back. Inscribed on verso: This uniform is dark blue shirt belted round waist black felt hat, and gray pants. the blanket is scarlet with black bar near edge. Try and keep the likeness of the Captain his beard is very gray./And when you have done with this sketch enclose it in an envelope and direct it to Dr. Helme Comp. C. 1st R.I. regiment. Washington, D.C.

Subjects: Helme, William H.--Military service
Military officers--Union--1860-1870
Military uniforms--Union--1860-1870
Soldiers--Union--1860-1870
United States
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union
United States.--Army.--Rhode Island Infantry Regiment, 1st (1861).--Company C

Original Media: Drawing

Collections: Civil War
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