Historical Portrait

[Surgeon William L. Newell of 24th New Jersey Infantry Regiment in uniform]

1862·Source: loc·View original ↗·Public Domain

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Archive record

1 photograph : albumen print on card mount ; sheet 11 x 7 cm, mount 12 x 15 cm (cabinet card format) | Photograph shows identified soldier.

About this photograph

The archive identifies this 1862 albumen print portrait as showing Surgeon William L. Newell of the 24th New Jersey Infantry Regiment in uniform. The photograph was made by Frederick Gutekunst and is mounted in cabinet card format.

No verified information is available about Newell's service, the 24th New Jersey Infantry Regiment's history, or the circumstances under which this portrait was made. The photograph survives as a formal studio image from the Civil War period, but details of the subject's military career and life remain undocumented in the archive's records.

Compiled from the catalogue record and reference notes on the formats and events involved. The archive record above is the primary source.

About the format

Cabinet Cards

Rights & Attribution

Credit: Library of Congress

Reuse: Public domain. Free to download, print, edit and republish, commercially or otherwise. How rights work in this archive.

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