Photograph, Carte de Visite - Capt. James R. Giles

 
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Photograph, Carte de Visite - Capt. James R. Giles
Photograph, Carte de Visite - Capt. James R. Giles
Photograph, Carte de Visite - Capt. James R. Giles
Photograph, Carte de Visite - Capt. James R. Giles

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
    DescriptionCarte de Visite photograph of Captain James R. Giles.
    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