Photograph, Carte de Visite - Capt. James R. Giles
Object number2011.005.01
Date1861-1865
Mediumpaper
Dimensions3 11/16 x 2 3/8 in. (9.4 x 6.1 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum collection
Terms
James R. Giles served in Co. E of the 15th Arkansas Infantry. Giles enlisted in the Confederate Army on Dec. 29, 1861 in Magnolia, Arkansas. He was captured Feb. 16, 1862 at Fort Donelson, Tennessee and sent to Johnson's Island, Ohio. He was exchanged at Vicksburg on Sept. 1, 1862. Giles was captured again on July 9, 1863 at Port Hudson, Louisiana and sent to Fort Delaware and then to Point Lookout, Maryland. Released April 28, 1865.
Photograph was taken at Anderson's Photographic Gallery at 61 Camp Street in New Orleans.
Status
Not on view
January 2, 1903
1861-1865
