Sabria Caroline Newport holding a photo of Private W.R. Clack, her future husband.

Civil War Era Photographic Portraiture No. 26

The lady in this image is identified as Sabria Clack in the photograph’s information at the Library of Congress, where it is part of the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs.  Given that she is holding an image of William Clack in uniform, this photo was almost certainly taken while William was away during the war.  William and Sabria were married September 12, 1865, so Sabria would have still been Sabria Caroline Newport.

Library of Congress and other information:

Title: [Sabria Clack holding cased photograph of her husband, Private W.R. Clack, of Co. B, 43rd Tennessee Infantry Regiment]
Date Created/Published: [between 1861 and 1865]
Medium: 1 photograph : sixth-plate tintype ; 15.7 x 12.7 cm (case)
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-34983 (digital file from original item)
Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.
Access Advisory: Use digital images. Original served only by appointment because material requires special handling.
Call Number: AMB/TIN no. 3075 [P&P]
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Notes:
…..Title devised by Library staff.
…..Sabria Caroline Newport Clack identified by descendant Edna Sachs, June 2013.
…..Case: Berg, no. 5-10G (variant).
…..Photograph of Sabria Clack’s husband, William, processed as AMB/TIN no. 3074.
…..Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127).
…..More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj
…..Purchased from: The Historical Shop, Metairie, La., 2012.
…..Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress).
…..Forms part of: Ambrotype/Tintype photograph filing series (Library of Congress).

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Mike’s notes:

Image restoration note – This image has been digitally adjusted for one or more of the following:
– fade correction,
– color, contrast, and/or saturation enhancement
– selected spot and/or scratch removal
– cropped for composition and/or to accentuate subject matter
– straighten image

Image restoration is the process of using digital restoration tools to create new digital versions of the images while also improving their quality and repairing damage.

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Guffy, Pat Hawkins. “William Raleigh Clack, A Man of Purpose.” Pieces From The Past. The Herald-News. Dayton, Tennessee, June 24, 2016. Accessed September 18, 2021. https://www.rheaheraldnews.com….

Guffy, Pat Hawkins. “William Raleigh Clack, the Woman behind the Man.” Pieces From The Past. The Herald-News. Dayton, Tennessee, August 5, 2016. Accessed September 18, 2021. https://www.rheaheraldnews.com….

“William Raleigh ‘Rollie’ Clack.” Daily Observations from The Civil War . Accessed September 18, 2021. http://dotcw.com/w-r-clack/.