Title: Dragoner

Identifier: 0172-b2a-fh-i6   (https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/876)

Description: Martin County farmer John Conrad Getsinger, Sr., a native of Wurttemburg, Germany, participated as a sergeant in Company E of the 1st Regiment of N.C. Volunteers during the Mexican War (1847-1848). This colored sketch of a soldier in uniform is from his sketchbook made during his stay in Mexico. The German caption reads "Dragoner" [Dragoon].