A Virtual Archive of Civil War Likenesses collected by Dave Morin
New Hampshire backmark – Soldier Unidentified, Co F.
Pvt. unidentified. Possibly 13th, 15th or 16th New Hampshire Infantry. Carte de visite backmark: Photograph by French & Sawyer, Richards’s Block, Keene N.H.
Pvt. Unidentified.
14th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry.
Most likely a member of Co. D or Co. I, each of these companies having a large contingent of men from Seabrook, N.H., a town in close proximity (4 miles) to Amesbury, Ma., the location of the photographer.
Vermont civilian
Civilian unidentified. Carte de visite backmark: S.F. Sterling (Photographer) and W.W. Culver (Colorist) of Woodstock, Vermont. Negatives preserved.
New Hampshire backmark – Soldier Unidentified
Pvt. unidentified. Carte de visite backmark: Davis Brothers, Photograph Rooms, No. 17 Pleasant St., Portsmouth, N.H. and No. 40 Water St., Exeter, N.H.
Service stripes present on the sleeves.
New Hampshire backmark – Soldier Unidentified
4th, 5th or 6th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantryman – unidentified. Research continues.
Carte de visite backmark: C. E. Libbey, Portrait Photographer, Dover, N.H. The photographer is Charles E. Libbey.
Stephen F. Downs (1839-1864)
Carte de visite of Stephen F. Downs, Co. K, 3rd New Hampshire Volunteers. Killed in action at Drewry’s Bluff on 16 May, 1864
Carte de visite backmark: Currier, Photographer, Amesbury, Mass. 3 cent Proprietary Internal Revenue stamp affixed. Cancelled in ink with the initials HFC.
Federal Infantry Sergeant – unidentified.
Note the cap and revolver on the side table. Carte de visite backmark: Burns, Photographic Artist, No. 375 Eighth Ave. New York.
Perkins Conner Lane, 2nd New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, Co. I; born in Sanbornton, New Hampshire; age 21; resident of Manchester, N.H.; enlisted April 22, 1861, for 3 months.; not mustered in; re-enlisted May 22, 1861, for 3 yrs.; mustered in June 7, 1861, as a Corporal.
Transferred to Co. D, 2nd Cavalry, U. S. Army, Oct. 27, 1862; wounded at Beverly Ford in 1863, spent five months in Libby Prison, Richmond, Va. Discharged as a Private, April 7, 1865, Annapolis, Md. P. O. address Chicopee Falls, Mass.
Maj. Jeremiah Smith Durgin, 7th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, Co. E; born in Canterbury, N.H., age 48; resident of Concord (Fisherville, now Penacook, N.H.); enlisted Nov. 7, ’61, as a Private.; appointed Capt. Nov. 12, ’61; mustered in Nov. 12, ’61, as Captain; dismissed to date Feb. 15, ’64, for absence without proper authority; dismissal revoked Apr. 12, ’64; appointed Maj. Sept. 30, ’64; mustered out July 20, ’65. Died Jan. 19, ’67, Penacook, N.H. Burial at the Woodlawn Cemetery, Penacook, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
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
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
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3rd Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, Co. I
The Diary of George W. Shue
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Co. K, 7th Rhode Island Infantry
The Bancroft Collection of Civil War Letters
Company D, 37th Massachusetts Infantry
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Co. H, 13th New Hampshire Volunteers
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Co. E, 18th Alabama Infantry
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2nd Ohio Infantry
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