Title	Lafayette W. Bush in Confederate uniform
Description	Half-length portrait of Lafayette Bush up wearing a Confederate uniform. The jacket is missing buttons and has a loose shoulder epaulet.
Historical note	Bush was a corporal in the 44th Tennessee Infantry, C.S.A. He was born April 17, 1843, in Davidson County, Tennessee. He enlisted December 30, 1861, in Nashville. His obituary states he professed religion at a soldier's meeting in New Market Heights, Virginia, in July 1864. Bush died in battle on September 29th, 1864, at Fort Harrison, Virginia. The 2500 attacking Federal soldiers captured the fort, and it was renamed Fort Burnham after the Federal general who was killed during the battle.
Date	approximately 1864
Creator	Vannerson, Julian, 1827-
Place	Richmond (Va.)
Collection name	Tennessee Historical Society Picture Collection
Accession number	THS 193
Subjects - LCSH	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Subjects - TGM	Soldiers Uniforms Portrait photographs
Owning Institution	Tennessee State Library and Archives
ID#	13379
Negative number	3981
Digital type	IMAGE
Digital format	TIFF
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