Collection	Bigford
Copyright	Oshkosh Public Museum
Description	Large Format crayon portrait depicting Civil War Drummer Boy Henry Lewellyn Bigford.
Event	Civil War
Medium	Photographic paper, charcoal
Notes	Large Format crayon portrait depicting Civil War Drummer Boy Henry Lewellyn Bigford. He is not listed as a soldier in any of the Wisconsin rosters. Eleven year old Henry was the son of Captain Thomas Bigford of Taycheedah, Fond du lac County. Thomas is not listed in any Wisconsin rosters, but according to a note attached to the original drum (Accession # 2001.106) Henry used the drum to help his father recruit soldiers. Thomas Bigford was born in New York state and owned a farm south of Taycheedah. His older son Royal Bigford served as a private in the 1st Wisconsin Battery from 10/31/1864 - 7/18/1865. Henry was born in Wisconsin in 1849 and died in Oshkosh in 1935. He lived in Hortonville and worked for the Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company from 1872 - 1921. He retired to Oshkosh in 1923.
Object ID	P2001.106
Object Name	Portrait, Crayon
People	Bigford, Henry Lewellyn
Place	Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
Print size	8" x 10"
Subjects	Portrait photographs Male Boys Civil War Musicians Drums Recruiting & enlistment
Title	Civil War Drummer Boy Henry Lewellyn Bigford
Year Range from	1861
Year range to	1864

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