Tintype with hardtack frame

National Museum of American History

Object Details

Description
This innovative piece of memorabilia consists of a tintype of Augustus B. Hayes in a hardtack frame. At the age of 18, Hayes enlisted in the 1st Regiment Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery Battery B on August 8, 1862. Hayes was wounded on December 31, 1862 in the Battle of Stones River. Despite this he served three more years and was mustered out June 16, 1865.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Hayes A. Newby and Nannette Newby Warner
associated date
1861-1865
ID Number
1979.0916.02
catalog number
1979.0916.02
accession number
1979.0916
Object Name
photograph
Other Terms
photograph; Tintype
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National Museum of American History
Record ID
nmah_443489
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-766e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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