Portrait of Corporal Pete Morrisey

ID: 4732 ~ Source: Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area ~ Creator: A. Hugo Albrecht, Davenport, WA ~ Date: date unknown
This file appears in: A Soldier's Life at Fort Spokane
Photography courtesy of Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area, under a Creative Commons License

Photograph of Corporal Pete Morrisey posing for the camera in his army uniform. As part of recreation, soldiers paid the local photographer to have their picture taken in their best uniform.

This file appears in: A Soldier's Life at Fort Spokane

By Adrienne Sadlo
The officers and soldiers who served at Fort Spokane from its beginning in 1880 to its cessation in 1898 were the product of social contrasts that resembled the differences in the U.S. Army during the 1800's. Many of the officers came from…