Photograph
Peter D. Thomas
| Seated portrait of Peter D. Thomas (1847-1925) of Racine. Thomas was an escaped slave who joined the 15th Wisconsin Regiment during its service in Tennessee. Thomas served Lt. Charles B. Nelson of Co. G at Chickamauga and other battles, then enlisted in a USCT regiment. Later he followed Wisconsin troops back to Beloit and attended school there. In time he made his home in Racine and was elected Racine County coroner. |
| Image ID: | 3399 |
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| Creation Date: | date unknown |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
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| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Eugene Walter Leach papers, 1842-1851, 1898-1938 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | PH 702.610 |
| Original Dimensions: | 2.25 x 3.5 inches |
| Copied from photograph in Racine County Historian See also Image ID: 33613. |
| Suits (Clothing) |
| Civil War, 1861-1865 |
| African Americans |
| Indoor photography |
| Men |
| Portrait photography |
| Slavery |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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