Photograph of the Officers of Battery "D," Light Artillery Blues (Lynchburg, Virginia)
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Scope and Contents
Battery "D" Light Artillery Blues of Lynchburg was a Virginia militia unit. This battery was one of 5 that made up the First Battalion Artillery under the command of Major William E. Simons.
Identified in the photograph are Captain R. D. [Robert] Yancey, First Lieutenant S. H. [Samuel] Dillon, Junior Second Lieutenant T. E. [Thomas] Craddock, and Surgeon Carter Wade. Each man is in uniform. Dr. Wade is wearing a cap. The other three men have light artillery helmets.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1886
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Extent
0.01 Linear Foot
Language
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Item removed from Ephemera Collection.
Geographic
- Author
- Kimberly Sims
- Date
- October 2017
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository