The Civil War in Primary Resources: An Exhibition by the Special Collections Library
 

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1864

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Photograph of Jason S. Wiltse, 1864. If they could afford it, photographers in camps or in nearby towns photographed soldiers, who often mailed their likenesses back home.

Affectionately, Your Son Jason S. Wiltse, 1864

Jason Wiltse was promoted to 1st Lieutenant of Company B, First Colored Heavy Artillery in 1865. He survived the war dying in 1874 at the age of 31.

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Keywords

U.S. Civil War 1861-1865, Correspondence

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