| Copyright |
Oshkosh Public Museum |
| Description |
Albumen print on carte de visite stock of Adin or Almer Cornish, Company A, 14th Wisconsin Infantry.
MARKS: Inscribed to, "Lottie Cornish" |
| Event |
Civil War |
| Medium |
Cardstock/Photographic Paper/Ink |
| Notes |
Full standing view of either Adin or Almer Cornish. He is leaning on a photographer's prop railing in front of a painted scenic backdrop. He wears a distinctive Wisconsin issue fatigue blouse with five buttons and a forage cap with the letter "A" on top. The Cornish brothers enlisted in Company A, 14th Wisconsin Infantry in September 1861 in Appleton. Almer was wounded at the Battle of Corinth, Mississippi and died March 3, 1863 in St. Louis, Missouri. Adin was discharged June 12, 1862 for disability. In 1885 he was living in Hortonville, in 1895 in Manawa, and does not appear in the 1905 Veteran Census. |
| Object ID |
P2001.3.28 |
| Object Name |
carte de visite |
| People |
Cornish, Adin
Cornish, Almer |
| Print size |
H=4 W=2 1/2 in |
| Subjects |
Civil War
Soldiers
Casualties |
| Title |
Adin or Almer Cornish, Company A, 14th Wisconsin Infantry |
| Year Range from |
1861 |
| Year range to |
1863 |
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Last modified on: July 22, 2007
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