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[Civil War Confederate veterans from left to right A.G. Harris, Gen. J.B. Nash (on the platform), J.A. McMichael and Private Benjamin F. Williams of Co. G, 6th Texas Cavalry Regiment, by the steps of
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1 photograph : gelatin silver print ; sheet 229 x 178 mm (8 x 10 format) | Photograph shows group portrait of Confederate veterans arriving at the National Encampment, June 6, 1834 in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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The caption contains an apparent typographical error, giving the date of the National Encampment as June 6, 1834, a date that precedes the Civil War itself. The photograph is catalogued to 1934, a century later, when aging Confederate veterans attended reunion gatherings.
The record identifies four men: A.G. Harris, Gen. J.B. Nash standing on a platform, J.A. McMichael, and Private Benjamin F. Williams of Co. G, 6th Texas Cavalry Regiment. The photograph was taken by the steps of a building in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
By 1934, Confederate veterans were in their late eighties or nineties. Encampments offered survivors a chance to gather, though their numbers dwindled each year. The record provides no further detail about these particular men, their service, or the occasion that brought them together.
Compiled from the catalogue record and reference notes on the formats and events involved. The archive record above is the primary source.
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