Sepia Saturday: Letsinger Brothers of Putnam County
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Liljenquist Family Collection LC-DIG-ppmsca-27248] |
This portrait shows brothers William and Phillip J. Letsinger of Company D, 14th Indiana Regiment, posing with rifles in front of Camp Michigan painted backdrop. They enlisted together on June 7, 1861 while living in Putnam County, Indiana. They both were inducted at the rank of private.
William was discharged as a private on October 29, 1862. His brother Phillip, who had been promoted to Corporal, was one of 3252 men killed at Antietam on September 17, 1862. Antietam, also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, was the first Civil War battle fought on northern territory.
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Nancy
Ladies of the grove
Happy Sepia Saturday,
Kathy M.
thanx 4 sharing!!
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