Notation in pen: "Lieut. W.L. Putnam - Co. E, 20th Regiment - wounded at the battle of Ball's Bluff, Oct. 21, 1861." In pencil: "died of wounds Oct 22".<br><br>
William Lowell Putnam was a son of author <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Lowell_Putnam" class="extiw" title="w:Mary Lowell Putnam">Mary Lowell Putnam</a>. He studied law at Harvard and enlisted in the  20th Massachusetts Regiment in 1861. He died from wounds obtained during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ball%27s_Bluff" class="extiw" title="w:Battle of Ball's Bluff">Battle of Ball's Bluff</a> in Loudoun County, Virginia.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:John_Adams_Whipple" class="extiw" title="w:en:John Adams Whipple"><span title="American photographer">John Adams Whipple</span></a>
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circa 1861 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1861-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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