The American Volunteer
Slide 812 of [Miscellaneous and unidentified Woodburytype slides] (miscellaneous: Sciopticon Co., at least 1232 slides, n.d.)
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Mervyn Heard Collection – reproduced by permission.
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(all dimensions are nominal; individual examples of this slide may have varied slightly from these values).
The statue is shown as displayed at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Since 1880 it has been located at Antietam National Cemetery, Sharpsburg, Maryland.
The photograph as mounted for the slide is reversed; in the actual statue the rifle is held to the soldier's left.
Example in Mervyn Heard Collection
Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 8 June 2019
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