Unknown No More - LOC image ID'd

[lelliott19]

I was casually browsing through the LOC images like I am prone to do and ran across this image identified as
"Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform and his wife, Sarah A. Dasher"

I thought, hey, I'll just give it a try and see if I can find the guy's identity. I mean how many Sarah A. Dashers can there be? Then I thought, surely if it was that easy, someone would have already ID'd the image????? Apparently not. So here you go......

I searched for Sarah A Dasher and found several. Ok, hes a Confederate -so they have to live in the south, right? Sure enough, there are only four or five "Sarah Dashers" of the correct age in southern states. Low and behold, here she is:

Sarah Ann Catherine Dasher Wisenbaker (1819-1888)
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=55799319

And her husband? The man in the picture who has remained unknown?
James Adril Wisenbaker (1810-1868)
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=55799334
Listed as a Corporal in the 12th Georgia Infantry (Doles Brigade, Rodes Division, Ewells Corps, ANV)
James A. Wisenbaker was born in Effingham County, Georgia in 1810. On June 14, 1861, he enlisted at Valdosta, Lowndes County, GA as a Private, Company I "Lowndes Volunteers" 12th Georgia Infantry. Wounded at Cedar Creek 19 October 1864 and paroled at Lynchburg, Va April 1865. He died three years later, April 1868, and was buried in the family cemetery at Lowndes County, GA.

Here are the links to the original image at the LOC.
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2012649121/
http://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/33400/33440v.jpg

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

From fold3:

 

[chubachus]

Cool find! You should report it to them: https://www.loc.gov/contact/catalog-record-error-report/

 

[bdtex]

Wonder if any of his surviving descendants know about that picture?

 

[lelliott19]

Confirmation: Online Catalog/Authority Record Error Report Form
Your report was successfully mailed to the Library of Congress

Thanks for the link @chubachus I sent the report.

 

[lelliott19]

Wonder if any of his surviving descendants know about that picture?

I sent a message to Glynn O Dasher Jr who posted the known image of Sarah Ann Catherine Dasher Wisenbaker and I posted the image on both Find-A-Grave memorials with the LOC link.

 

[alan polk]

Well done!!!!!!

 

[Dilba]

Awesome job putting it together!

 

[GMSorrel]

Great job! I look at the CW letters each day on eBay and it's amazing how many "unidentified" letters can be easily identified with the clues embeded in the text.

 

[M Anthony Young]

Fantastic job, lelliott19. I wonder if, in their wildest imaginations, they would have thought that 150 years later a North Alabama girl would research their story and post it on a medium that allowed it to be shared with a wee man on the edge of an altogether different continent. Also, will anything similar happen to you or me or anyone else here on CWT? Makes ya think!
Micky.

 

[Stiles/Akin]

Wow, you are busy

 

[Chattahooch33]

Quite aged to be a corporal.
Awesome stuff though, that guy went through the ringer with that regiment.

 

[chellers]

Great work, @lelliott19!

 

[spot778]

Well done !

 

[East Tennessee Roots]

View attachment 109790

I was casually browsing through the LOC images like I am prone to do and ran across this image identified as
"Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform and his wife, Sarah A. Dasher"

I thought, hey, I'll just give it a try and see if I can find the guy's identity. I mean how many Sarah A. Dashers can there be? Then I thought, surely if it was that easy, someone would have already ID'd the image????? Apparently not. So here you go......

I searched for Sarah A Dasher and found several. Ok, hes a Confederate -so they have to live in the south, right? Sure enough, there are only four or five "Sarah Dashers" of the correct age in southern states. Low and behold, here she is:
View attachment 109791
Sarah Ann Catherine Dasher Wisenbaker (1819-1888)
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=55799319

And her husband? The man in the picture who has remained unknown?
James Adril Wisenbaker (1810-1868)
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=55799334
Listed as a Corporal in the 12th Georgia Infantry (Doles Brigade, Rodes Division, Ewells Corps, ANV)
James A. Wisenbaker was born in Effingham County, Georgia in 1810. On June 14, 1861, he enlisted at Valdosta, Lowndes County, GA as a Private, Company I "Lowndes Volunteers" 12th Georgia Infantry. Wounded at Cedar Creek 19 October 1864 and paroled at Lynchburg, Va April 1865. He died three years later, April 1868, and was buried in the family cemetery at Lowndes County, GA.

Here are the links to the original image at the LOC.
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2012649121/
http://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/33400/33440v.jpg

Great find !

 

[East Tennessee Roots]

View attachment 109790

I was casually browsing through the LOC images like I am prone to do and ran across this image identified as
"Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform and his wife, Sarah A. Dasher"

I thought, hey, I'll just give it a try and see if I can find the guy's identity. I mean how many Sarah A. Dashers can there be? Then I thought, surely if it was that easy, someone would have already ID'd the image????? Apparently not. So here you go......

I searched for Sarah A Dasher and found several. Ok, hes a Confederate -so they have to live in the south, right? Sure enough, there are only four or five "Sarah Dashers" of the correct age in southern states. Low and behold, here she is:
View attachment 109791
Sarah Ann Catherine Dasher Wisenbaker (1819-1888)
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=55799319

And her husband? The man in the picture who has remained unknown?
James Adril Wisenbaker (1810-1868)
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=55799334
Listed as a Corporal in the 12th Georgia Infantry (Doles Brigade, Rodes Division, Ewells Corps, ANV)
James A. Wisenbaker was born in Effingham County, Georgia in 1810. On June 14, 1861, he enlisted at Valdosta, Lowndes County, GA as a Private, Company I "Lowndes Volunteers" 12th Georgia Infantry. Wounded at Cedar Creek 19 October 1864 and paroled at Lynchburg, Va April 1865. He died three years later, April 1868, and was buried in the family cemetery at Lowndes County, GA.

Here are the links to the original image at the LOC.
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2012649121/
http://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/33400/33440v.jpg

From Confederate Veteran Magazine , The Captain of Company I 12th Georgia :

C C. Grace
Enlisted on 6/14/1861 as a Corporal.
He was listed as:
* Wounded (date and place not stated) (Wounded twice)
* POW 5/10/1864 Spotsylvania Court House, VA
* Released 6/10/1865 Fort Delaware, DE


Promotions:
* Capt
* Sergt 10/7/1861
* 2nd Lieut 12/13/1861


Other Information:
born 1/19/1836 in Tattnall County, GA
died 8/6/1918 in Screven, GA

 

[lelliott19]

Uniform Question: @major bill @Cumpston1862 @Frederick14Va @AndyHall and anyone else who knows

What type of jacket is Wisenbaker wearing in the OP? And what is up with the trousers?

 

[civilwarincolor]

Confirmation: Online Catalog/Authority Record Error Report Form
Your report was successfully mailed to the Library of Congress

Thanks for the link @chubachus I sent the report.

Best of luck on getting them to update the entry. I have submitted 4-5 that have been accepted and it is kind of neat seeing my name listed as the source for a correction/update within the LOC.

 

[UCVRelics]

Bravo

 

[Klaudly]

Uniform Question: @major bill @Cumpston1862 @Frederick14Va @AndyHall and anyone else who knows

What type of jacket is Wisenbaker wearing in the OP? Is it a Richmond Depot jacket?
And what is up with the trousers?

I think this was a single-breasted frock coat used at begin of war