English: [Susie King Taylor, known as the first African American Army nurse]
Boston : Published by the author, 1902 [from a photograph taken earlier]
1 photograph : halftone photomechanical print ; sheet 19 x 13 cm.
Notes:
Illus. in: Reminiscences of my life in camp with the 33d United States Colored Troops, late 1st S.C. volunteers, by Susie King Taylor, with illustrations. Boston : Published by the author, 1902, frontispiece.
Title devised by Library staff.
Photograph shows portrait of Susie King Taylor, who served more than three years as nurse with the 33rd U.S. Colored Troops Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War, although officially enrolled as a laundress. She also taught children and adults to read while serving with the regiment.
Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074)
Purchased from: Chris Foard, The Foard Collection of Civil War Nursing, July 2018.
Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress).
Subjects:
Taylor, Susie King,--1848-1912.
United States.--Army.--Colored Infantry Regiment, 33rd (1864-1866)--People.
African Americans--Military service--1860-1870.
African Americans--Women.
Nurses.
Teachers.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel.
Format: Book illustrations--1900-1910.
Halftone photomechanical prints--1900-1910.
Portrait photographs--1900-1910.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.57593
Call Number: Illus. in E492.94 33d T