Carte-de-visite photographs of soldiers in the United States Colored Infantry Regiments during the
Container / Volume:
Folder 1
Image Count:
2
Description:
MS caption on recto. and Vignette photograph.
Subject (Geographic):
United States --History --Civil War, 1861-1865 --Participation, African American, United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 67th (1864-1865). --Pictorial works, and United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Portraits
Lorenzo D. and Olive Ann Oatman, brother and sister, traveled with their family in 1850 across the Plains. While encamped on the Gila River,they were attacked by Indians who killed most of the family, left Lorenzo for dead, and took Olive and her sister Mary into captivity. Although Mary died in captivity, Olive was eventually ransomed and joined her brother in 1857.
Subject (Name):
Oatman, Lorenzo D., ca. 1837- and Oatman, Olive Ann