Portrait of Frazar Stearns in military uniform

Portrait of Frazar Stearns in military uniform

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Stearns, Frazar Augustus, 1840-1862

Portrait of Frazar Stearns shortly before he was killed in the battle of Newbern. The photograph was for his parents (Amherst College President William A. Stearns and Rebecca Alden Frazar Stearns) as the signature underneath reads, "Your affec. son, Frazar A. Stearns."

Emily Dickinson wrote a letter to her Norcross cousins in which she states "brave Frazar, killed at Newbern...his big heart shot away by a 'minie ball.'"

Jones Library Special Collections

1862-03-01

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Photographs

Folder: Stearns, Frazar A.

Photograph

3.5 x 6 in.