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File Details: AVTFm, 1000 DPI, TIFF, Original Photograph, 7.3 Mb
| Credit: | unknown photographer |
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| Date: | 1861.12.13 |
| Negative Size: | stereo |
| Equipment: | coffin; horse |
| Locations & Lines: | Fort Ward VA; Virginia |
| Military Units: | 1st New York Cavalry; 1st New York Cavalry (Company B); Army of the Potomac; US Army |
| Persons: | Johnson (William H.) |
| Sources: | Library of Congress |
Library of Congress says: Private William H. Johnson of Co. B, 1st New York Cavalry Regiment lying next to his coffin after being executed for desertion. [Photograph shows identified soldier who was shot for desertion on December 13, 1861, the first execution of a deserter in the Army of the Potomac] [Notation on verso: “William Johnson, 1st N.Y. Cavalry, executed near Ft. Ward, Va., witnessed by most of Franklin’s Div.”]