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Brady CDV of Major General A. A. Humphreys w His Signed Business Card
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Major General Andrew Atkinson Humphreys (November 2, 1810 – December 27, 1883)
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A career United States Army officer, civil engineer, and a Union General in the American Civil War. He served in senior positions in the Army of the Potomac, including Division command, Chief of Staff, and Corps command, and was Chief Engineer of the U.S. Army.
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Andrew Atkinson Humphreys was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to a family with Quaker ancestry. His grandfather, Joshua, was the "Father of the American Navy", who had served as chief naval constructor from 1794-1801 and designed the first U.S. warship, including the USS Constitution ("Old Ironsides") and her sister ships.
Humphreys entered the United States Military Academy (West Point) at the age of seventeen. He graduated from the Academy on July 1, 1831. Upon graduation Humphreys joined the second artillery regiment at Fort Moultrie in South Carolina. Near the beginning of the Seminole Wars he followed his regiment in the summer of 1836 to Florida where he received his first combat experience.
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A nice CDV and signature of a significant Union General. Price $250
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Image of Humphreys shown standing left of tent pole in camp at Antietam with Pres. Lincoln
SHIELD BADGE of JOHN W. MATTOON,
MEMBER OF CO. A - 64TH NY VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, 2ND CORPS
Price $1400 Now $1100
Residence was not listed; 22 years old. Enlisted on 10/30/1861 at Gowanda, NY as a Private.
On 11/2/1861 he mustered into "A" Co. NY 64th Infantry
He was Mustered Out on 5/17/1865 at Elmira, NY
He was listed as: * Wounded 5/3/1863 Chancellorsville, VA
The 64th New york regiment left the state December 10 1861. Between December 1861 and July 1865 the regiment was a part of the Army of the Potomac in the eastern theater of the Rebellion. It served in the major campaigns of that theater.
The regiment moved in June to Gettysburg, where the division, under Caldwell, fought brilliantly on July 2 in the celebrated wheat-field and on the 3d defended its position stubbornly against Pickett's assault. It lost at Gettysburg 98 killed, wounded or missing out of 205 engaged. The 2nd corps fought in October at Auburn and Bristoe Station, where the 64th suffered severe loss.
The badge comes in a Riker case along with photos and research information shown in this website.
64th New york Infantry Monument at Gettysburg
John W. Mattoon 1839 - 1913
Group of Civil War Stereoview Cards produced by Taylor & Huntington of Hartford Ct in the 1870's to 1880's period. Each Titled: 1861 - PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY - 1865. Very nice condition - priced as marked. Come in a plastic protective cover.
Silver Presentation Maltese War Time Badge Engraved “Co H. / 2 / Maine/Presented by Gen’l. Martindale/1862” (front)
“For Gallant conduct at Bull Run and Siege of Yorktown” (reverse) $2800
Badge given in 1862 to Colonel Charles Davis Jameson – First Field Commander of the 2nd Maine (Bangor) Regiment for his leadership at the battles listed above. A very scarce example of a General giving a badge to a fellow staff officer.
John Henry Martindale was born in Sandy Hill, Washington County New York, on March 20 1815. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1835, was appointed a brevet second lieutenant, and served in the Mexican War. The following year, he resigned from the Army to study law, was admitted to the bar in 1838 and commenced a law practice in Batavia, New York. In August 9 1861, Martindale was commissioned a brigadier general of volunteers in the Union Army, and his brigade participated in all the battles of the Peninsula Campaign in V Corps. After the retreat from Malvern Hill, he was brevetted a major general of volunteers, and appointed Military Governor of Washington, D.C., a post he held from November 1862 to May 1864.
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Charles Davis Jameson and his wife Julia were born in Gorham Maine in 1827 and relocated with his family to the lumber center of Old Town Maine. As the Civil War approached Jameson, a successful lumberman, was a Volunteer Maine Militia Commander and had been tapped as a Maine delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Charlestown South Carolina in 1860. When the Civil War started, he was elected Colonel of the 2nd Maine Infantry in May 1861 and led his regiment at 1st Bull Run and the Yorktown campaign and was commissioned brigadier general effective Sept. 3, 1861. He died of illness Nov. 6 1862.
The badge is approximately 1 7/16” by 2 1/16” silver two-part badge with cloth remnants, straight pin affixed to reverse. The pin hanger engraved.
The 2nd Maine Infantry Regiment was the first unit from the state to leave for the front. Col. Jameson led the regiment at the Battle of Bull Run July 21 1861 where it was in Keyes’ Brigade of Tyler’s Division. It also fought in the second Bull Run battle.
During the First Battle of Bull Run, the 2nd Maine Infantry, including Company H (Gymnasium Company), demonstrated considerable bravery despite the Union's eventual defeat. They engaged in intense combat at Bull Run particularly around Matthews Hill and Henry Hill. The 2nd Maine as a unit was the last Union regiment to leave the field allowing other forces to retreat. Colonel Charles Davis Jameson, the regiment's commander and later a brigadier general, was recognized for his bravery in this battle.
The 2nd Maine Infantry also participated in the Siege of Yorktown from April 5 to May 4, 1862 and were part of the Union forces involved in the siege operations against Confederate fortifications around Yorktown Virginia. Jameson’s Brigade was the first to discover the Confederates had pulled out of their lines at Yorktown, and they came nearer to Richmond than any other unit in McClellan’s Army.
Known as the Bangor Regiment, the 2nd Maine Infantry Regiment was mustered for 2 years service in Bangor on May 28 1861. It took part in other major battles besides the First and Second Bull Run, the Peninsula Campaign namely Antietam, Chancellorsville and Fredericksburg (had the highest Union casualties). John H. Martindale was commissioned a brigadier general on August 9 1861 and assigned to command a brigade in the Army of the Potomac.
Jameson’s horse was shot out from under him at the Battle of Fair Oaks (May 31 - June 1 1862), and Heintzelman wrote that he was “particularly distinguished” there. But it was at this time he came down with what was called “camp fever,” probably typhoid fever. He took a leave of absence to return to Maine and died while enroute on a steamboat between Boston and Bangor on November 6, 1862. He is buried in Stillwater, Maine in Riverside Cemetery.
After their two years of service, the three-year enlistees from the 2nd Maine were transferred to the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment. There is no doubt the regimental commander Colonel Charles Jameson who led Co. H of the 2nd Maine was the recipient of this medal from General Martindale for his gallantry and bravery at the listed battles.
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The medal comes in a Riker case with all the informtion and photographs shown on this website.
The 2nd Maine Regiment had the following engagements:
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First Manassas (First Bull Run) - July 21, 1861
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Yorktown, VA - April 5- May 4, 1862
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Hanover Court House, VA - May 27, 1862
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Fair Oaks, VA - May 31-June 1, 1862
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Gaines Mill, VA - June 27-28, 1862
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Malvern Hill, VA - July 1, 1862
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Second Manassas (Second Bull Run) - August 29-30, 1862
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Antietam, MD - September 17, 1862
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Fredericksburg, VA - December 13, 1862
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Chancellorsville, VA - May 1-4, 1863
Col. Charles D. Jameson - Birth 24 Feb 1827 Gorham, Cumberland County Maine
Death 6 Nov 1862 (aged 35)
Old Town, Penobscot County Maine
Burial Riverside Cemetery Orono, Penobscot County Maine
Camp Jameson of the 2nd Maine Infantry at Hall' Hill VA in the winter circa 1861 above.
General John H. Martindale ​
Birth 20 Mar 1815 Hudson Falls, Washington County, New York
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Death 13 Dec 1881 (aged 66)
Nice, Departement des Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
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Burial Batavia Cemetery
Batavia, Genesee County New York
​SOUTH CAROLINA MEDAL TO GENERAL NATHAN GEORGE EVANS - Dated 1861 - 57mm Bronze
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Captain Nathan George "Shanks" Evans, South Carolina native son, played a key role in the Confederate victory at 1st Bull Run as commander of a small brigade. He was promoted to Colonel and by October of 1861, was in command of Confederate troops at Leesburg, Virginia. On October 21st, 1861.
Union General C. P. Stone authorized Col. E. Baker to move against Confederate forces opposing the Potomac river crossing fords near Poolesville. Evans intercepted, ambushed and decimated Baker’s command (Union losses 921 men Confederate losses of 149).
Evans was given the Confederate Thanks of Congress and promoted Brigadier General.
Anxious to honor one of their own, the South Carolina General Assembly commissioned this medal in gold for General Evans. The original gold medal is housed in a box imprinted with the name of James Allan & Company, Charleston, SC. and exists in the Confederate Museum in Richmond. The medal was authorized by the SC Congress between Nov. 30 - Dec. 2 1861. This was one of the first Confederate medals issued during the war.
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The obverse inscription is the state motto ANIMIS * OPIBUSQUE * PARATI meaning "Prepared in Mind and Resource" around a lone palmetto tree with a mountainous landscape in the distance. Below the tree are two bundles of broken arrows and a broken tree branch. Reverse inscription in 14 lines. AWARDED/ BY A / CONCURRENT RESOLUTION/ OF THE/ GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE/ STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA/ TO/ BRIGADIER GENERAL/ NATHAN GEORGE EVANS/ FOR/ CONSPICUOUS GALLANTRY/ AT/ LEESBURG, VA./ 1861
The gold medal and limited bronze copies were issued around 1882 after Gen. Evans had died. They were made in Charleston SC.
This medal is in pristine condition and came from famed collector Lewis Leigh's collection. Reportedly there was a silver one was struck and 3-10 bronze copies in existence, possibly given to the SC legislative sponsors of the bill . Price $4800 Now $4500
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Original Gold 1861 Leesburg Medal shown above.
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1/6th Tin Plates of Adorable Twin Brother & Sister Price $475
A great pair of identical twin boy and girl images sitting in small chairs. The double images are in a nice condition leather case with the same brass border frames. The boy shows five pointed stars on his shirt and cuffs with brown laced shoes and a pair of buttoned trousers over leggings. The girl is holding a pull string cloth bag or small purse with black laced shoes. She is wearing a dark shirt top and lighter short skirt over an under skirt and leggings. The faces and hair style of each child are identical. A great set of images of twin children from the mid 19th century.
32nd Illinois Co. B Volunteer Infantry Post Civil War Veteran Ladder Badge
Price $475
Nice silver type ladder badge with pin on the back. The arrow at the bottom represents the 17th Union Corps - 4th Division. The unit history and engagements shown below the photo. Comes in a Riker case.
Quarter Size Tin Type of Federal Artillery Officer (1st Lt.) Standing in a Tent Holding an Officer's Sword w Sword Knot in Hard Rubber Case Price $950 NOW $750
This image is a Quarter Size Tin Type showing a soldier standing in a tent holding a single branch guard artillery sword with hanging sword knot and wearing a 10 button jacket and a kepi having a crossed canons insignia w a letter or number above the insignia. The soldier is wearing a rectangular brass panel plate on red colored leather belt as well as a red color cross breast strap perhaps holding an item on his back.
The artilleryman is also showing a patriotic bow on his jacket. His jacket shows red piping on the sleeves & jacket edge next to the button holes. There are two horizontal gold stripes on the jacket red collar.
The hard rubber case has a beautiful matching covers front and back with double latches. A very nice clear Federal Artillery Officer Image.
Framed Charcoal Image of Alfred Mose, Co A 1st Maryland Potomac Home Brigade (PHB) w Provenance Price $1100
This well drawn image came Civil War dealer Jan Wade of MD who bought it from the family in the 1960's. The Maryland PHB was created Aug. 15 1861 and was mustered out by Dec. 1864. Alfred Mose mustered out on 8/27/1864. He was born in Sharpsburg MD 1844 and died in 1883 and is buried in Sharpsburg MD.
The regiment was part of the Antietam / Harpers Ferry campaigns in May and Sept. 1862. The unit was also involved at Gettysburg, New Market and Monocacy.
The framed charcoal of Pvt. Mose is 20 1/4" x 23 1/4" size in a gold frame w a 1964 provenance card attached to the back by his grandson Warren A. Mose. The picture shows a Co. "A" letter on his forage cap and a breast plate across his chest. There is an old brass plaque attached to the bottom of the frame stating his name and regiment. Comes w photos and research literature.
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Note: card attached to back of framed image.
Brass label attached to bottm of frame
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1/6th Tintype of a Federal Soldier from the Early Indian War Period / 1870's Price $350
A nice studio image of a Federal soldier wearing his kepi, a knapsack, canteen and a haversack and holding a musket with a sling and an attached bayonet. His waist belt shows a part of a US mark in an oval border which indicates his belt is a Model 1874 style. The photograph is held in a self standing frame.
Col. Harry Gilmore Cabinet Card (7.5” x 4 5/16“) - Colonel of MD 2nd Nat. Guard Battalion Cavalry Price $550
Raised an independent battalion of cavalry partisan rangers
Enlisted 8/31/1861 - Also Served in 7th and 12th VA Cavalry
Image made by photographer Wm. Shorey of Baltimore - Negative 41035
Fine condition image shows full dress Confederate Officer Uniform of Col. Gilmor with cavalry saber, white gloves, probable eagle belt plate and buttons, slouch hat with ostrich plumes with detailed photographer back mark
Confederate Cavalry Col. Harry W. Gilmor - Born Jan. 24 1838 in Md County – Died Mar. 3 1883 - Buried in Loudon Park Cemetery Baltimore MD
Col. Gilmor had been a homesteader in Wisconsin and Nebraska, but returned to his native Baltimore and joined the Baltimore Horse Guards (militia) by 1861. He was arrested (April 1861) and imprisoned in Ft. McHenry in May 1861. He was released and travelled south in August 1861, and joined Colonel Turner Ashby's 7th Virginia Cavalry.
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He was a scout for General Jackson in the Spring of 1862 and was commissioned Captain of Company F, 12th Virginia Cavalry in March 1862.
He crossed the Potomac with his Regiment on the Maryland Campaign. He was on the way to visit a family friend when he was captured about 7 miles outside Baltimore on 12 September 1862.
He was again held at Ft. McHenry then at Ft. Norfolk VA. He was exchanged at Fortress Monroe VA on February 13 1863, transferred to City Point (about the 16th) and then went to Richmond. He returned to his Regiment then in the Valley of Virginia in March 1863. He was in action at Brandy Station and promoted to Major on May 27 1863 of the 2nd MD Battalion Cavalry.
He was in command of the 1st and 2nd Maryland Cavalry for the Gettysburg Campaign, then raised an independent battalion of cavalry of partisan rangers and was their Colonel and operated in the Valley and western Virginia.
He was on raids around Baltimore and Washington in 1864 and 1865. He was captured in Hardy County (West) VA on 4 February 1865 and held at Ft. Warren, Boston Harbor to July 24 1865.
William Foss Shorey – Baltimore Photographer
William Foss Shorey was born in Hollis Maine on April 20 1833. The son of fur merchant Nehemiah Breed Shorey and Ann Chase Shorey, it is believed he moved with his family to Baltimore when he was in his teens. Within a few years after graduating from the Maryland Institute of Art and Design, Wm Shorey joined the faculty as a drawing and design instructor. Perhaps initially introduced to photography by his relative, a Baltimore publisher of stereoviews named William Moody Chase, he studied photographic processes under photographer and sometime inventor H.E. Woodward, owner of the Monumental Art Studio located on Lexington Street.
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Like many of his contemporaries, Mr. Shorey honed his photographic skills during the Civil War, serving as official photographer for the Maryland Department of the Grand Army of the Republic. Most of his income was generated by cartes de visite (CDVs), which became popular family keepsakes during the War.
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Mr. Shorey always approached his vocation with an artist's sensitivity, and treated his one-stock cards as if they were precious works of art. He opened his first studio at 131 E. Baltimore Street, and later opened "Shorey's Gallery" at 157 W. Baltimore Street.
He also reportedly served as photographer for Western performer William "Buffalo Bill" Cody during the first decade of his "Wild West" traveling show. He also provided photographic services for local businesses, and made portraits of the prominent men featured in John Thomas Scharf's History of Baltimore City and County, which was first published in 1881. Mr. Storey's tintype sepia portraits typically present rather stiffly posed, fancy dressed and coiffed subjects with some artistic props such as ornate furnishings or military regalia in either the foreground or background.
Below - Page copied from Military Images Magazine Spring 2024 Issue from article on "Divided Maryland" showing two other images of Col. Harry Gilmor
Above - Post war photo of Gilmor
Below - Grave site of Harry Gilmor
Civil War CDV of Union Soldier Housed in a Decorative Gold Gilded Oval Frame Price $350 Now $295
The photographer John Walen Holyland (1841-1931) was born in New Jersey to English parents Charles John and Harriet Holyland. His father was an engineer, engraver, and businessman. John Holyland originally trained as a civil engineer. But he liked photography and learned to become a photographer in Baltimore under the tutelage of John H. Young. Holyland's father purchased a photographic studio in Washington DC. His mother also worked as a photographer after she was widowed in 1863. John and his wife, Rebekah Hart Holyland had one child a daughter Nellie Holyland. John Holyland was a very active member of the Fulton Avenue Baptist Church for which he served as a deacon and a Sunday school teacher.
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The image below shows a well dressed young soldier with a bow tie and a goatee standing in a studio with his hand on a book which rests on a Victorian table with a period chair to the side. The soldier is wearing a nine button jacket and eight button vest.​
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Carte de visite backmark: JNO HOLYLAND, Metropolitan Gallery, 250 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington, D.C.
CDV shown on the left is photgrapher John Walen Holyland
Three Half Plate Family Portrait Ambrotype Images in Two Leatherette Cases From Springfield Mass. Price $950
One Image taken of a married couple of some means holding their Infant baby girl.
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The Second Image taken years later showing the same couple with their grown teenage daughter.
Very Scarce Subject Matter and Presentation Made in the mid 1850’s to 1860's.
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The Third Image shows the same father of the daughter in middle age.
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The frame has a stamped reference to “SPOONER BRO’s/CUTTINGS PATENT/JULY 11 1854”. All three images are sharp and clear.
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The three ambrotypes were taken by well-known photographer John C. Spooner of Springfield Mass. Born in 1827 he lived to be 92 years old. John Spooner set up his business about 1846 till into the early 20th century. Each case is in very good condition and has a reinforcing material strip attached to the spine.
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From 1856 to 1859 John was associated with Spooner Brothers in the Foot's Block of the city. The firm included H.B. Spooner, D.B. Spooner, and J.C. Spooner. They advertised primarily ambrotypes, but noted daguerreotypes would be taken "when desired." They also held Cutting's (ambrotype) patent for the city of Springfield. From 1859 to 1861 he advertised as J.C. Spooner & Co., Foot's Block, and noted the business was formerly owned by Otis H. Cooley (1820-1860) until purchased by the Spooner brothers between 1855 and 1860. The business employed about 20 employees during the Civil War.
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The business was called J. C. Spooner's Photographic and Ambrotype Picture Palace where many prominent and common people including Civil War soldiers were photographed. There are only two known photographs of famed poet Emily Dickinson, one of her alone and one with her sister Lavinia. It is reported that Spooner made the image of the two sisters while working with photographer Otis Cooley.
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The quality of Spooner’s images are unsurpassed. A local Springfield newspaper was quoted “that the business had improved delicacy of finish in testimony to the high standard of excellence which has been reached at this establishment. The new large Camera and improved light of Mr. Spooner bring out the finer tints of all objects submitted to them as was never before done in Springfield and already the public has discovered the improvement, and testified of it by an increase of patronage.”
Note: the shadow on the bottom of the above right image and the lower left of family with baby is from the camera - not in the image. The leather case cover on each case is the same design on the front and the back. Lower left image shows an infant girl - lower right image show the infant as a grown young woman.
Group of Five (5) 1895 Chickamauga Battlefield Dedication Souvenir Badges Price $950
A nice group of scarce 1895 badges from the dedication of the early federal established battlefield park at Chickamauga GA, the second largest Civil War engagement after Gettysburg in Sept. 1863. The two large badges are quite scarce. All badges are in fine condition. Comes in a Riker Case.
The souvenir badge (right and below) with the clasped hands pin at the top shows a northern & southern veteran shaking hands and holding a US flag. The back of the badge has a man's name (either Braun or Baun) scratched on the back that appears to be from Tenn. based on Civil War database. That badge shows the Union soldier with a peg leg and the Confederate soldier with his arm in a sling shaking hands.
Civil War Soldier Brass ID Tag From Co. K - 5th New Hampshire
Sergeant Thomas H. Walker Durham NH- Price $1500
Note: From the regimental history, page 94 shown below, reports an incident where Sergt Walker killed a Confederate officer through the head who had attempted to shoot a Union captain. The NH unit buried the dead Confederate.
Note: The ID disc comes in a Riker case and a booklet of the information and photos shown
Civil War Brass/Tin Stencil Marked "Delos Whitman Hancock Mass"
Price $450
The stencil was owned by 1st Lt. Nathan Delos Whitman, Co. C - 29th Mass Volunteer Militia whose unit fought at Antietam. Stencil is 2.5" x 1.25".
Nathan D. Whitman
Residence East Bridgewater, MA; a 30-year-old Mason.
Enlisted on 5/18/1861 as a 1st Lieut.
On 5/22/1861, he was commissioned into "C" Co. Massachusetts 29th Infantry.
He was disch on 1/3/1863
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Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors and Marines in the Civil War
IRISH BRIGADE
Formed in November 1861, the Brigade was largely recruited in New York, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. Its initial regiments were the 69th, 88th and 63rd New York State Volunteers. Other units identified as part of the Brigade included the 29th Massachusetts, 116th Pennsylvania and 25th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiments. The Brigade fought in all of the major campaigns of the Army of the Potomac. It lost over 4,000 men during the war.
Note: The stencil comes in a Riker case and a booklet of the information and photos shown
John Conery Wones Civil War Display Group
Co D 2nd Ohio Infantry Price $1900
The group of pieces are laid out in a hinged glass cover display case (9" x 12") with a note at center that explains the origin of the pieces.
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1. A tintype of John Wones as a young man contained in a leather covered wood case with family information about “Uncle John”
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2. “This dirt was picked up on the Battle field by Uncle Johnny Wones where he fought in the Civil War. The little Book was made by him from Loral root while in Camp. Sent it home to his name sake”
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3. There is also a small carved book marked "LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN NOV. 24TH 63".
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4. A small glass stoppered vessel of dirt (presumably taken from Lookout Mountain).
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5. A round pin image of John Wones as an older gentleman probably worn at GAR reunions.
John C. Wones enlisted on September 10, 1861 as a private and mustered into Company D, 2nd Ohio Infantry. He was promoted to corporal on December 1, 1863 and mustered out on October 10, 1864.
2nd Ohio Infantry
July 17, 1861 – October 10, 1864
The regiment lost a total of 243 men during service; 9 officers and 96 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 138 enlisted men died of disease.[
Engagements
Note: The display comes with a booklet of information and photos shown
