Photograph
Micaiah F. Fairfield
| Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Major Micaiah F. Fairfield, F & S, 1st Alabama Cavalry (Union). Micaiah was the son of Samuel Fairfield, Jr. He was born July 5, 1823, in Pittsfield, Vermont, and attended Oberlin College in Ohio from 1845-46. He enlisted as a 2nd Lieutenant on July, 8 1862 in Company Ford's Independent Cavalry Regiment of Illinois. He transferred to Company L, 15th Illinois Cavalry, on December 25, 1862, and was promoted to Major on April 22, 1863. He also received his commission in Company S, 1st Alabama Cavalry, on April 22, 1863. |
| Image ID: | 71032 |
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| Creator Name: | Unknown |
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| Collection Name: | State Historical Society of Wisconsin, collector : Civil War photographs, circa 1861-circa 1865 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | PH 6050.74 |
| Original Dimensions: | 2.5 x 4 inches |
| Officers |
| Military uniforms |
| Portraits |
| Civil War, 1861-1865 |
| Beards |
| Hairstyles |
| Indoor photography |
| Men |
| Moustache |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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