Also standing on a chair, this very young girl with her hair parted down the middle is looking longingly into the camera, and the Museum of the Confederacy hopes that someone can identify her or her descendants. The Ambrotype image was found by Pvt. Heartwell Kincaid Adams of the 3rd Virginia Cavalry in a bag he took from the body of a dead Union soldier at the Battle of High Bridge in Virginia. The soldier who carried the photo was killed in battle in 1865, just days before the Confederacy would surrender at Appomattox.
Do You Know These Civil War Family Members?
The Museum of the Confederacy is releasing eight photos in the hopes the public can shed some light on their long-lost owners.