Frank Wyatt, One of General Dodge's Band, Corinth, Mississippi

George W. Armstead American

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This Union portrait was made on the war’s western frontier. Frank Wyatt, cradling his saxhorn, noted on his print that he was a member of Brigadier General Grenville M. Dodge’s band and that he plays second E-flat alto. A resident of Grinnell, he joined the band of the Second Iowa Volunteer Infantry on August 22, 1862. Thirteen months into service, at age thirty-nine, he looks proud but weary. He was one of the older company members; most Union soldiers were between eighteen and twenty-nine.

Frank Wyatt, One of General Dodge's Band, Corinth, Mississippi, George W. Armstead (American, 1833–1912), Albumen silver print from glass negative

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Frank Wyatt, One of General Dodge's Band, Corinth, Mississippi, George W. Armstead (American, 1833–1912), Albumen silver print from glass negative
Frank Wyatt, One of General Dodge's Band, Corinth, Mississippi, George W. Armstead (American, 1833–1912), Albumen silver print from glass negative

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