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Lot 83
Ninth Plate Tintype of ID'd Union Soldier in Half Case
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
The portrait being of Private John G. Caldwell, Co. "B," 23rd Massachusetts Infantry wearing a forage cap and winter overcoat. The image is behind an unusual brass mat decorated exclusively with five-point stars. Included is a 20th century manuscript note identifying the image and giving a brief history of Caldwell's service, which included the captures of Roanoke Island and New Bern, NC.

Minor spotting to the fields of the image.

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