Photograph, possibly cyanotype, of William D. Womack
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Title |
Photograph, possibly cyanotype, of William D. Womack |
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Description |
Cased daguerreotype of William D. Womack. Womack, from Warren County, was a private in Co. A, 35th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA. He was 19 when he joined the Army in 1862. Womack lost his left hand and left eye at Shiloh and was discharged because of his severe injuries. Family historian states that after Womack re-entered civilian life, he was sent to the prisons at Camp Chase, Ohio, and Point Lookout, Md. Conditions at Point Lookout were wretched. Womack married Melissa Jane Turner. He died in 1914. |
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Date |
undated |
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Place of original |
unknown |
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ID# |
tsla060 |
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Digital type |
Image |
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Copyright |
No copyright - United States: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
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Ordering Information |
To order a digital reproduction of this item, please send our order form at http://tsla.tnsosfiles.com/general/forms/ImagingOrder.pdf to Photo Orders, Tennessee State Library & Archives, 403 7th Ave. N., Nashville, TN 37243-0312, or email to photoorders.tsla@tn.gov. Further ordering information can be found at the following location: http://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/ordering-images-and-microfilm-digitization . |
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Location Digitized |
Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee |
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