Col. Mann [and] Col. L. Clem (LOC)

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    Col. Mann [and] Col. L. Clem

    [1913 July] (date created or published later by Bain)

    1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

    Notes:
     Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
    Photo possibly shows Colonel John M. Clem , the "Drummer boy of Chickamaugua" (1851-1937) and William d'Alton Mann (1839-1920) a Civil War soldier, businessman, and newspaper publisher, at the Gettysburg Reunion (the Great Reunion) of July 1913, which commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009)
    Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

    Format: Glass negatives.

    Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

    Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

    General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

    Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.13862

    Call Number: LC-B2- 2791-5

    Comments and faves

    1. Cassies grandma (38 months ago | reply)

      Col. John M. Clem, famous in the civil war as "The Drummer Boy of Chickamauga

      query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F0CE 6D91F3AE733A...

      Quite a story about him here.
      www.civilwarstory.nstemp.com/links/johnny-cle m.html

    2. David C. Foster (38 months ago | reply)

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Veterans of the American Civil War, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

    3. Fred Hall (38 months ago | reply)

      Is this Col. Mann in the photo the same man as Colonel William d'Alton Mann who fought at Gettysburg?
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_d'Alton_Mann

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