- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Ambrotype of Henry Crawford Vinson, Baldwin County, Georgia, ca. 1861]
- Date of Original:
- 1861
- Subject:
- Soldiers--Confederate States of America
Costume--Georgia--Baldwin County
Armed Forces--Georgia--Baldwin County
Portraits--Georgia--Baldwin County
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Baldwin County, 33.06928, -83.24959
- Medium:
- ambrotypes (photographs)
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Baldwin County, 1861. Henry Crawford Vinson in the uniform of the Baldwin Blues. Vinson was the oldest son of Ebenezer Vinson, a plantation owner in Baldwin County. Henry was in the Confederate Army from Aug. 5, 1861 until he was captured during the the attack on Ft. Steadman on Mar. 25, 1865. Vinson participated in all the major battles in which the Baldwin Blues (Co. H 4th Ga. Vol. Infantry) fought. Vinson appears in this picture at the age of 19 and was the uncle of congressman Carl Vinson of Milledgeville. After the war Henry Vinson was a prosperous farmer at the family plantation in Baldwin County. Vinson entered the Confederate Army as a private and left as a 3rd Sgt. Vinson lived to be 79 and died in 1921.
Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_bal184-92
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:bal184-92
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [Title of the image], [date of image], [material type, i.e., slide or photograph] by [name of photographer (if given)], Vanishing Georgia Collection, Georgia Archives.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
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