The First
Nick Biddle has been identifed as the first person wounded in the "Great American Rebellion." |
From the University of Virginia /
Nick Biddle, wounded in a mob attack in Baltimore in April 1861, commissioned a carte de visite portrait (John L. Nau III Civil War History Collection) to memorialize his experience as “the first man wounded in the Great American Rebellion.”
— Small Special Collections Library (UVA) (@RareUVA) November 30, 2022
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Nick Biddle and the Commemorative Power of the Carte de Visite
This post contributed by Elizabeth Nosari, Nau Project Archivist at the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library. Her work involves processing the John L. Nau III Civil War History Coll…
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