PRIVATE DAVID M. MERRIFIELD served with the 5th MICHIGAN CALVARY in the American Civil War

Photographic image from the approved pension file of Martha E. Merrifield, widow of Private David M. Merrifield, Company F, 5th Michigan Cavalry, WC-507956 (NAID: 200470364). This tintype was received at the Pension Office in September 1885. The image was likely taken by a local physician to accompany Merrifield’s application for an increase in his pension.