Presentation of Flag to Col. John D. Stevenson

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Title: Presentation of Flag to Col. John D. Stevenson
Alternate Title: Presentation of Flag to Col. John D. Stevenson (Union) in Lexington, Missouri
Description: In this ca. 1862 ambrotype, Union Col. John D. Stevenson is presented with an American flag outside a brick building in Lexington, Missouri. A crowd of soldiers and citizens observes the ceremony.
Local Subject: Battle for Missouri, 1861-1865 -- Military History of Missouri and Kansas
Missouri military units (Union)
Picturing the War
Surviving a Guerrilla War
Geographic Subject: Lafayette County, Missouri
Lexington, Missouri
Object Type: Image
Owning Organization: Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center
Location: Daguerrotype, Ambrotype and Tintype Collection, Box 3047
Rights: For more information on using this image, contact the Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center at: Lindell and DeBaliviere, P.O. Box 11940, St. Louis, MO 63112, Phone: (314)746-4441, E-mail: emily@mohistory.org Publication, commercial use, or reproduction of this image or the accompanying data requires prior written permission from the the Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center. Use of this image also requires that credit be given to the Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center.