Captain Samuel Miller, center, First Lieutenant William E. Krater, right, and Second Lieutenant William Johnstone, left. All from Marietta. Co. H, 135th PA Volunteers.
Civil War drummer boy of Independent Battery I - identified as Washington Householder Potts who was born near Christiana in 1848. He was 14 at the time this photo was taken and he also served as a bugler - he could play at least 36 different bugle calls.
Photograph- Carte de visite photographs taken from an album of J. K. Mentzer. The album may have been made by members of the Methodist Church in New Holland c. 1871 as a thank-you to Mr. Mentzer for selling them the land for their new church building. Only one photo in this group is identified. Unidentified man in Civil War era military uniform.
Photograph- Carte de visite photographs taken from an album of J. K. Mentzer. The album may have been made by members of the Methodist Church in New Holland c. 1871 as a thank-you to Mr. Mentzer for selling them the land for their new church building. Only one photo in this group is identified. Unidentified man in Civil War era military uniform.
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Carte de visite photographs taken from an album of J. K. Mentzer. The album may have been made by members of the Methodist Church in New Holland c. 1871 as a thank-you to Mr. Mentzer for selling them the land for their new church building. Only one photo in this group is identified.
Unidentified man in Civil War era military uniform.
