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.

Identifier

WCMpic_015196

Subject

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Portraits

Military uniforms

Soldiers

Norton, D. Woodson

Genealogy & Family History

Military History & Science

United States History

Spatial Coverage

Nashville, Tennessee

Language

English

Date Created

circa 1862-1864

Date

1862/1864

Medium

cartes-de-visite

Rights

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Type

Still Image

Source

Washington County Museum