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[A.D. Streight, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right] – Antique Photo Print

[A.D. Streight, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right], [photographed between 1861 and 1865, printed later] — historic photograph
[A.D. Streight, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right], [photographed between 1861 and 1865, printed later]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Abel D. Streight is shown here in a head-and-shoulders view turned to the right, the plain studio format that was common for Civil War-era portraits. Streight, an Indiana colonel, led a mounted Union raid through northern Alabama and Georgia in the spring of 1863, aimed at cutting Confederate rail lines. The raid ended in surrender to Nathan Bedford Forrest, and Streight was later held at Libby Prison in Richmond, from which he escaped in 1864 through a tunnel with other officers. Portraits like this were widely exchanged among soldiers and their families, and the Library's Civil War collection preserves many such images as a record of the men who served.

Created / published[photographed between 1861 and 1865, printed later]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1860-1870.Photographic prints 1860-1910.
NotesCivil War Photograph Collection.
SubjectsStreight, Abel D. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan960 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-162310

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