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File Name	shades_oakl_0001.tif
Creator	Giers, Carl
Title	Newton Cannon Maney in Military School Uniform
Date	ca. 1862
Genre	Photographs
Description	Formal studio portrait, in color, of a young man standing with his right hand resting on two books stacked on top of a ornately carved table in front of a painted backdrop of an arched window looking out to a landscape. The beardless young man wears his cap cocked slightly to his right, and his coat is open to reveal a watch chain and wrinkled white shirt. This carte de visite has the name "C Giers" and "Nashville" printed on the lower margin.
Historical note	This portrait of Newton Cannon Maney [1849-1934] was taken in the Nashville studio of photographer Carl Giers. Maney grew up at Oaklands Plantation in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The son of one of the prominent families in Middle Tennessee, he was named after his grandfather, Newton Cannon, who had been governor of Tennessee from 1835-1839. Probably too young to have enlisted in the Confederate army, young Maney, who was one of eight children, wears a Confederate-style cap. The short, double breasted jacket has an elaborate insignia on the sleeves that might be useful in identifying the military school he attended. The Maney children saw Murfreesboro change hands several times during the war. In July 1862, the grounds of Oaklands were serving as a Union encampment when soldiers under the command of Nathan Bedford Forrest arrived to capture the town for the Confederacy. A Union officer wounded in the battle was brought into the house for medical treatment. After the Battle of Stones River in late December, early January 1863, Murfreesboro was returned to Union control.
Subject	Maney, Newton Cannon--Portraits; Military Education
Theme	Holding Fast to Beauty
Story	Education of Young Women
Geographic Location	United States--Tennessee--Nashville
Time period	1860-1869
Contributing Institution	Oaklands Historic House Museum
Rights	Images reproduced on this website are intended for individual, educational use only. For research inquiries about specific objects or requests for high resolution images, contact the Oaklands Historic House Museum.
Type	Still image
Format	image/jp2
Digital Publisher	Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
Reference URL	http://content.mtsu.edu/u?/shades,179
Archival file	shades11/shades_oakl_0001.tif