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[Christian Fleetwood, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left] – Historic Photo Reproduction

[Christian Fleetwood, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left], [ca. 1900] — historic photograph
[Christian Fleetwood, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left], [ca. 1900]. 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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[Christian Fleetwood, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left]

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Christian A. Fleetwood (1840-1914) is shown here in a head-and-shoulders view, turned slightly to the left. He served as a sergeant major in the 4th U.S. Colored Infantry during the Civil War and received the Medal of Honor for his conduct at Chaffin's Farm in Virginia in September 1864, when he carried the regimental colors under heavy fire. This print comes from a group of Medal of Honor portraits gathered in the Daniel Murray Collection at the Library of Congress, where Murray assembled images documenting African American achievement. Such pictures were meant to show the public the faces of men who had earned the nation's highest military honor.

Created / published[ca. 1900]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1890-1910.Photographic prints 1890-1910.
NotesDaniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress). Surrogate available as microfilm in P&P Reading Room.
SubjectsFleetwood, Christian A. (Christian Abraham),--1840-1914. African Americans--Military service.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,275 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-194743

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