Ambrotype Photograph, Arkansas Civil War Soldier James David

 
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Ambrotype of AR Civil War Soldier James David
Ambrotype Photograph, Arkansas Civil War Soldier James David
Ambrotype of AR Civil War Soldier James David
Ambrotype of AR Civil War Soldier James David

Ambrotype Photograph, Arkansas Civil War Soldier James David

Object number2009.083.27
Dateca. 1862
Mediummetal, leather, hair
Dimensions4 x 3 in. (10.2 x 7.6 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
Terms
  • Ambrotype
DescriptionAmbrotype of Arkansas Civil War Soldier James F. David. David is depicted from the waist up, standing with his arms crossed. The image is under glass and housed in a case with a gilt frame, constructed of wood and covered in black paper. David's hair was in the ambrotype case and is now in the envelope housed in the box with the ambrotype.

David served in Co. F of the 27th Arkansas Infantry. He enlisted at Locust Grove, Arkansas on May 21, 1862 at the age of 24. He was captured at Little Rock, Arkansas on September 15, 1863 and sent to a military prison at St. Louis, Missouri where he died of chronic diarrhea on November 13, 1863. He is buried at the National Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri. He left behind a wife and son.

His two brothers also served in the Confederacy, one dying as a prisoner of war in Camp Morton, Indiana and the other surviving.

After the civil war the James F. David family moved to Eastland Co., Texas.

The ambrotype is a type of photograph that uses a glass negative with a black background making the image appear positive. Popular during the 1850's and 1860's. Patented by James Ambrose Cutting.


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