| Collection |
Helen Crary |
| Copyright |
Oshkosh Public Museum |
| Description |
albumen print on card mount of Walker Rouse. MARKS: Whitehurst,/Gallery,/434 Pennsylvania Avenue,/Washington, D.C.
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| Event |
Civil War |
| Medium |
Cardstock/Photographic Paper/Ink |
| Neg # |
20410 |
| Notes |
Full standing view of Corporal Walker S. "Printer Boy" Rouse, Company E, 2nd Wisconsin Infantry (Iron Brigade) wearing regulation dress blue uniform consisting of frock coat with corporal's chevrons, trousers with black welt, black felt uniform hat with infantry bugle, "E" and "2", standing by column. Rouse enlisted as corporal on April 21, 1861 in Oshkosh. He was promoted to sergeant on December 31, 1861 and 1st Sergeant on January 1, 1863. He participated in the Battles of 1st Bull Run (wounded), Gainsville (wounded and prisoner), and Gettysburg (mortally wounded). He died July 11, 1863 in a field hospital in Gettysburg. Rouse was a typesetter for Charles Nevitt at the "Northwestern" and was nicknamed "Printer Boy Rouse". |
| Object ID |
P2000.18.1 |
| Object Name |
carte de visite |
| People |
Rouse, Walker S. |
| Place |
Washington, DC |
| Print size |
H=4 W=2 1/2 in |
| Subjects |
Civil War
Soldiers
2nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
Iron Brigade
Casualties
Printers
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern |
| Title |
Walker S. Rouse |
| Year Range from |
1861 |
| Year range to |
1861 |
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Last modified on: July 22, 2007
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