Photograph taken in 1860 of Zianna Locke, who married Thomas Abel on May 4, 1865, in Decatur, Illinois. Zianna also went by the name of Dana. The photograph has Locke’s name and date written on the bottom. Thomas Abel was a captain of Companies B and I, 56th U. S. Colored Infantry.

Mrs. Abel died “after a tedious and painful affliction” in September 1875.

Carte-de-Visite by Unknown Photographer

Image Courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield; WICR 30785-O