A Virtual Archive of Civil War Likenesses collected by Dave Morin
Unidentified Gentleman, Boston, Massachusetts (circa 1864-1866)
Carte de visite backmark: T. R. Burnham, Photographer, 247 Washington Street, Boston.
2 cent U.S. Internal Revenue Playing Cards tax stamp affixed. Cancelled in black ink. Take note of the base of the pedestal. The photographer deftly took the liberty of adding his name and address to it.
1st Lieutenant R. Baxter Brown – 11th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry
Photographers Backmark: none. Written in pencil on the reverse, R.B. Brown 1st Lieut. 11 N.H.V., Candia N.H.
John Berry was born on October 18, 1791, in Pittsfield, New Hampshire, his father, Maj. William Berry was 25 and his mother, Rachel, was 25. He married Marianne McDonough Hogan on February 22, 1824, in his hometown. They had ten children in 18 years. He died on September 14, 1880, in Pittsfield, New Hampshire, having lived a long life of 88 years, and was buried there.
Carte de Visite backmark: Fred B. Berry, Photographer, Main Street, Pittsfield, N.H. Signed in black ink, John Berry. The photographer, Frederick Benton Berry was the son of John Berry.
New Hampshire Soldier – unidentified.
Carte de visite backmark: G. H. Scripture, No. 2 French’s Block, Peterboro, N.H. Two cent U.S. Playing Cards Internal Revenue stamp affixed. Cancelled in black ink – G.S.
New Hampshire Soldier – unidentified.
Carte de visite backmark: Carr & Morrill, 114 Main Street, Concord, N.H.
Union Officer, unidentified. New Hampshire backmark
New Hampshire Officer – 1st Lieutenant unidentified. Carte de visite backmark: Photographed by Billings & Hough, Lebanon, N.H. Research continues.
1st Lt. Ira Thomas Bronson, 5th New Hampshire Infantry
Carte de visite backmark: J. Morgan, Opp. Phenix Hotel, Concord, N.H. Negatives Preserved. 2 Cent Internal Revenue Tax Stamp affixed. Cancelled in ink with the initials J. M.
New Hampshire Soldier – unidentified.
Carte de visite backmark: Wm. P. Hoit, Photographer and Ambrotypist, Concord, N.H. Negatives Preserved. A Large Assortment of Albums and Frames. Two cent U.S. Playing Cards Internal Revenue stamp affixed. Cancelled in black ink, WPH, Apr 65.
Mary Lamira Wellman Wood (1844-1881)
Mary Lamira Wellman was born at Brookline, Vermont July 10, 1844. She was the daughter of DeLouise Wellman and Frances Walker. She married 19 Oct. 1865, Frank W. Wood, of Springfield, Vt. He was the son of L. T. and Almira (Kingsbury) Wood, was born in Millbury, Mass., May 2, 1842.
They had three children. Mary died at Springfield, Vt., 5 Sept. 1881.
Lieut. Col. George Bowers – 13th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry
Carte de Visite Backmark: J. Sidney Miller, Photographer, Post Office Building, Nashua, N.H.
Bowers enlisted in the 13th N.H. Infantry at age 45; resident of Nashua; appointed Lt. Col. Aug. 26, ’62: mustered in Sept. 23, ’62; resigned May 30, ’63. Died Feb. 14, ’84, Nashua, NH. Burial: Evergreen Cemetery, Nashua, NH.
“Col. George Bowers. Captain 9th U. S. Infantry Mexican War. 1847-48. Lieut. Colonel
13th N. H. Vols. Veteran Reserve Corps. 1862-65. Postmaster, Nashua, 1853 to 1861. Mayor, Nashua, 1861 and 1868.”
Batavia, Illinois
Saving history one letter at a time.
Saving history one letter at a time
by Washington Marlatt, 1848
Saving History One Letter at a Time
by Charles A. Frey
Co. B, 91st New York Infantry
39th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
19th Century Images
Letters from the 23rd Illinois Infantry, the 111th Pennsylvania Infantry, the 64th New York Infantry, and the 14th Pennsylvania Cavalry
1st New Jersey Light Artillery
36th Massachusetts Volunteers
Co. B, 37th Illinois Volunteers
the pocket memorandum of Alexander C. Taggart
Co. I, 32nd New York Volunteers
Co. F, 62nd Pennsylvania Volunteers
Co. A, 124th New York Infantry & Co. B, 16th New York Cavalry
Co. H, 77th Illinois Volunteers
Co. D, 103rd Ohio Volunteers
Civil War Letters of Monroe McCollister, Co. B, 6th OVC
Civil War Letters of Nelson Statler, 211th PA
The Origin of Bluemont Central College
14th Connecticut drummer boy's war-time correspondence with his mother
Lt. Commander in the US Navy during the Civil War
Fighting with the Irish Brigade during the Peninsula Campaign
Letters of Dory & Morty Longwood, 7th Indiana
The Civil War Letters of Henry Clay Long, 11th Maine Infantry
The Civil War Letters of Jacob Bauer, 16th Connecticut, & his wife Emily
Saving History One Letter at a Time
3rd Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, Co. I
The Diary of George W. Shue
A Virtual Archive of Civil War Likenesses collected by Dave Morin
Co. K, 7th Rhode Island Infantry
The Bancroft Collection of Civil War Letters
Company D, 37th Massachusetts Infantry
A Virtual Archive of his Letters, 1858-1869
Co. H, 13th New Hampshire Volunteers
The Civil War Letters of Henry Scott Murray, 8th New York Light Artillery
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