D. Woodman Norton, Union officer
Title
D. Woodman Norton, Union officer
Description
Sepia-toned portrait of a young man in the frock coat of a junior officer in the Union Army during the Civil War. His coat has a single row of buttons and shoulder boards, and he wears both a belt and a sash at the waist. His hands are gloved, and one rests upon the pommel of a sword with its tip set on the ground in front of him. His hair is combed back from his face and he wears a mustache and goatee. Behind him, the background is a romantic rural landscape. This photo was included in a collection donated by a Forest Grove resident, Ruby Bamford. The Bamford family was from England, but lived in Illinois during the Civil War. They settled in the Gales Creek area in the early 1880s. It is not known whether the photos belonged to the Bamfords or to Mrs. Bamford's natal family before their donation. See WCMpic_015180, WCMpic_015185, WCMpic_015186, WCMpic_015187, WCMpic_015188, WCMpic_015191, WCMpic_015192, WCMpic_015194, WCMpic_015198, WCMpic_015200, and WCMpic_015201 for other images from this collection.
[back] [black ink] D. Woodman Norton, Jamaica Plains, or Boston, Mass. [pencil] No. 18.
Date Created
circa 1862-1864
Subject
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Portraits
Military uniforms
Soldiers
Norton, D. Woodson
Genealogy & Family History
Military History & Science
United States History
Place
Nashville, Tennessee
Medium
cartes-de-visite
Language
English
Identifier
WCMpic_015196
Rights
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Source
Robert L. Benson Research Library, Five Oaks Museum
Type
Still Image