Photograph of Giles Waldo Shurtleff, 1861
Title
Photograph of Giles Waldo Shurtleff , 1861
Creator
Platt , A. C .
Creator role
photographer
Creation date
1861
Description
At the start of the Civil War , Giles Waldo Shurtleff was commisioned captain of what became Company C of the 7th Ohio Volunteer Infantry . He was taken prisoner at Kessler's Cross Lanes , Virginia , in August of 1861 . He was held in various Confederate prisons until he was exchanged a year later in August , 1862 . Shurtleff was assigned to the staff of General O.B . Wilcox of the 9th Army Corps with whom he served at Fredericksburg . Although discharged to recuperate from illness in the spring of 1863 , the following July he became Lt . Colonel of black troops recruited in Ohio and designated the 5th U.S . Colored Troops . Shurtleff remained with this unit to the end of the war and his duty included Petersburg , Virginia (June-August , 1864) and New Market Heights (September , 1864) . He was wounded on September 29 , 1864 , after an attack on Fort Harrison , Virginia . Shurtleff and the 5th U.S . Colored Troops spent time on duty in North Carolina during 1865 . He was brevetted Brigadier General before his discharge .
Subject (Art & Architecture Thesaurus)
portraits ; captains (military officers)
Place (Thesaurus of Geographic Names)
Oberlin (inhabited place) ; Lorain (county) ; Ohio (state)
Time period
1860s
Work type (Art & Architecture Thesaurus)
cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
Image source
original cartes-de-visite
Measurements
4 x 2 3/8 in.
Physical characteristics--additional
mounted on card stock
Collection name
Photographs
Repository ID
RG 32/3/2 Faculty , Staff , and Trustees , Box 27
Folder heading
Shurtleff , Giles W .
OhioLINK institution
Oberlin College
Copyright statement
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Description sources
Oberlin College Archives finding guide to the Giles Waldo and Mary E. Burton Shurtleff Papers
Notes
Back: "Giles W. Shurtleff 1861; printed: A.C. Platt Photographist Oberlin, O."
Metadata creator/date
S.R . Richardson , 2012-02-23 ; R . Donegan
Digital master file name
G_W_SHurtleff_1961_watermarked.tif
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