Portrait of Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient Milton F. Russell, circa 1900
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Milton Russell proudly wears his Medal of Honor -- awarded for valor shown during the Civil War Battle of Stones River -- in this late-1890s portrait. Near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on December 29, 1862, Captain Russell plunged into the frigid river under heavy enemy fire and led 200 Union troops in capturing a Confederate outpost on the opposite shore.
Milton Russell proudly wears his Medal of Honor -- awarded for valor shown during the Civil War Battle of Stones River -- in this late-1890s portrait. Near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on December 29, 1862, Captain Russell plunged into the frigid river under heavy enemy fire and led 200 Union troops in capturing a Confederate outpost on the opposite shore.
Artifact
Cabinet photograph
Subject Date
circa 1900
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
37.109.41
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Sella Russell Cole.
Material
Cardboard
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Albumen process
Mounting
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 6.625 in
Width: 4.125 in
Inscriptions
Printed below image on front: 413 Walnut St. Webster Des Moines, Iowa Printed on back: Awarded / Medal and Diploma Nat. Photo Convention / St. Louis 1894. / Twenty-five Dollars in Gold P.A. of 1, 1895. / Gold Medal, P.A. of 1, 1895. / Hetherington Prize P.A. of 1., 1895. / Gold Medal open to the State / Iowa State Fair 1895. / Medal on large photographs / Iowa State Fair 1895. / Silver Medal for Beauty Groups / Iowa State Fair 1895.
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