Amasa Vernon Going

[TerryB]

On February 8, 1861 a fire broke out on Rampart Street in New Orleans. The fire was devastating, consuming an entire city block. Among the victims who survived the blaze were Mr. and Mrs. Beachbard. He operated a roofing tile business, while his wife Elizabeth was an ambrotype photographer. Their two-story house was burned to the ground. A look at the 1860 New Orleans City Directory confirms that Mrs. Beachbard was an ambrotype artist on Rampart Street. She went on to photograph Confederate soldiers at Camp Moore, Louisiana in August 1861, and one of her subjects, Amasa Vernon Going, Independent Ranger, is pictured here. Going did not survive the war, but was killed at the Battle of Atlanta in the summer of 1864. Elizabeth Beachbard, female Civil War photographer, also died young. She came down with a fever while at Camp Moore and died that summer. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12166729/amasa_vernon-going

 

[TerryB]

Oldfield

This link takes you to more on Elizabeth Beachbard, a photo of her grave and another copy of the image of A.V. Going.

 

[Robert Gray]

Here is the original ambrotype as it appeared on the Fleischer's Auctions website. The page has quite a detailed history of the photographer and the image.
Sat. Apr 26, 2025 - Lot 523

 

[TerryB]

Is this uniform typical of Louisiana soldiers from Camp Moore?

 

[TerryB]

Here's a Copilot rendering of Mrs. Beachbard the day after the Rampart Street Fire, February 9, 1861. She's imploring Police Day officer Phil Will Greenwall to help her recover stolen property.

 

[TerryB]

Here's a Copilot rendering of the death of Mrs. Beachbard.

 

[TerryB]

Here's a Copilot rendering of the death of Mrs. Beachbard.

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[Reconstructed Rebel]

Going did not survive the war, but was killed at the Battle of Atlanta in the summer of 1864.

In the find-a-grave account someone has posted a notation that he did not die at Atlanta, so it seems like that might be disputable. Maybe our sleuths can dig around and find some evidence either pro or con on that?