Pictures of Revolutionary War Veterans

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The Revolutionary War Veterans Who Lived Long Enough to Have Their Pictures Taken
 APR 20, 2015  MICHAEL ZHANG

https://petapixel.com/2015/04/20/the-revolutionary-war-veterans-who-lived-long-enough-to-have-their-pictures-taken

The Revolutionary War ended in 1783 and photography was invented in the 1820s and 1830s, so most of the veterans of the war didn’t live long enough to have their portraits made. A handful of them did.

In 1864, 81 years after the war, Reverend E. B. Hillard and two photographers embarked on a trip through New England to visit, photograph, and interview the six known surviving veterans, all of whom were over 100 years old. The glass plate photos were printed into a book titled The Last Men of the Revolution.


In 1976, an investigative reporter named Joe Bauman came across Hillard’s photos. Realizing that more photos may have been captured of other veterans in the 40-50 year gap between when photography was invented and when Hillard’s images were made, Bauman set out to find them.

After finding photos of subjects that were about the right age, Bauman dug into their histories to see if they had been involved in the Revolution. In the end, the journalist spent three decades building what is now considered the biggest collection of daguerreotypes showing veterans of the Revolutionary War — a set of eight portraits

Simeon Hicks
The photos and stories Bauman uncovered have been published in an eBook titled Don’t Tread on Me: Photographs and Life Stories of American Revolutionaries.

Together with Hillard’s photos, these 14 portraits represent our special photographic link to a war that was before the days of photography.

TAGS: DAGUERREOTYPES, EBHILLARD, GLASSPLATES, HISTORICAL, HISTORY, PORTRAITS, REVOLUTION, REVOLUTIONARYWAR, VETERANS

[Ohio Joe]

The faces of true Patriots!    One can only imagine what they seen and did...

[Hank in WV]

Some interesting stuff there Rondo. Thanks.

[Uncle Russ]

I sure would like to learn more about Mr. Peter Mcintosh, and I will someday.

What would one give to set down with a few of these men, and Just talk?
Perhaps a good stout cup of coffee....by maybe even Tea, laced with a sprig of Jullip, as it was the preferred drink of the time.
These pictures are absolutely great! 

[Oldetexian]

Fascinating! Thanks for sharing such an awesome story.

[Puffer]

 

[BEAVERMAN]

I sure would like to learn more about Mr. Peter Mcintosh, and I will someday.

What would one give to set down with a few of these men, and Just talk?
Perhaps a good stout cup of coffee....by maybe even Tea, laced with a sprig of Jullip, as it was the preferred drink of the time.
These pictures are absolutely great!

Or a couple mugs of Ale or a few drams of brandy! that would loosen their tongues!

[Uncle Russ]

 

or, Jose Cuevro, (black) bàeing close, by today's standards, to the Liquor that literally poured from the hills and mountains of the Eastern hills during those days, and I feel comfortable saying it's more than likely each of these great men knew the taste quite well, as it was readily available everywhere.

[Flinchlock]

My guess is that these guys would be quite unamused at how this country is going, how people are today and what Americans have become... Mainly the willingness to give up and stomp out the freedoms they fought for.

[ridjrunr]

Thats an incredible pc of our history. Thanks for posting Rondo