Reverend Samuel Harrison

Faces of the 54th

Item contributed by Museum of African American History, Boston & Nantucket

Coming from Pittsfield, Massachusetts Rev. Samuel Harrison enlisted at age 44. He served as the Chaplain for the 54th Massachusetts Regiment.

bearded man in three-piece suit sitting on a chair


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Photograph, Carte de visite. Taken in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, ca. 1863-1865. Museum of African American History, Boston and Nantucket, 2011.005.05.

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