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This tintype shows Captain Oran Curtis standing with sword just left of center with members of the 15th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, Company F. Captain Curtis was the father of U.S. vice-president Charles Curtis.
Date: Between 1861 and 1865
Item Number: 222067
Call Number: E495 K2.Cav15 CoF *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 222067
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1861-1869
Military - Service - Army - Cavalry
Military - Wars - Civil War - Kansas Units - US Volunteers - 15th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph - Tintypes
Thematic Time Period - Civil War, 1861 - 1865
Type of Material - Photographs - Format - Tintypes
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/222067