Photograph, M.D. Vance at 1938 Gettysburg Reunion

 
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Photograph, M.D. Vance at 1938 Gettysburg Reunion
Photograph, M.D. Vance at 1938 Gettysburg Reunion
Photograph, M.D. Vance at 1938 Gettysburg Reunion
Photograph, M.D. Vance at 1938 Gettysburg Reunion

Photograph, M.D. Vance at 1938 Gettysburg Reunion

Object number2010.037.17.5
Date1938
Mediumpaper
Dimensions4 1/2 x 2 11/16 in. (11.4 x 6.8 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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    DescriptionBlack and white photographic print of M.D. Vance sitting in a wheelchair at the 1938 Civil War Reunion in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Written on the back: "Taken in Gettysburg with his new uniform that the Lion's Club in Little Rock presented him for the occasion. He was buried in it...."

    Morris David Vance was born on June 8, 1845 in Perry Co., Arkansas. He was the son of John Robert Vance. M.D. joined the Confederate Army in June, 1863 and served with Harrell's Battallion Arkansas Cavalry, surrendering in 1865 in Clarksville, Arkansas. He served as a U.C.V. Commander from 1926 to 1928. Vance died on January 23, 1940 and is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Conway, Arkansas.

    The July, 1938 reunion in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania was held on the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg and was the last great reunion held for Civil War Veterans. Roughly 1,800 veterans from around the country attended the reunion. The average age of an attending veteran was 94 years old.
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