Archive includes a sixth plate tintype of Private Carlton standing with his musket and wearing a US belt buckle; a four-piece ladder badge from Carlton's company, Co. B, 42nd Ohio Infantry; a pocket diary for 1864, inscribed several times by Carlton with rank and with entries for every day that year until October 2, which was the end of his service; his GAR badge; GAR hat insignia, pinback, and nine uniform buttons; ribbons from the 1889 and 1911 annual reunions of the 42nd OVI; a four-section telescoping spyglass, 16.25 in. extended, with optics in excellent condition; plus other assorted buttons, collar studs, etc., not Civil War-related. William E. Carlton enlisted for a three-year term on September 22, 1861, and mustered into the 42nd Ohio as a corporal in Co. B. He was taken prisoner October 24, 1863 at an unspecified place, and exchanged in January of the following year. In his daily journal, Carlton shares his experiences as a POW in New Orleans and the anxiety he felt waiting to return to his regiment after his recent exchange. The place we have to stay in is worse than a pig pen, he wrote, we have to stay in the mud eat in the mud and sleep in the mud such is war (January 6 and 7, 1864)! Eventually, the Confederates released him and he returned to his regiment at the end of the month. That May, during the Red River campaign, his regiment encountered the enemy. One skirmish resulted in the death of six men, including one of their best soldiers, Corporal Jasper Powers. Before he died he said he was prepared to go, wrote Carlton (May 4, 1864). The regiment held the most solemn funeral for him where everyone wept (May 5, 1865). The next day, the entire 120th Ohio was either killed or taken prisoner by rebel forces. Luckily, Carlton and his regiment did not suffer the same fate and continued to fight. Regular entries for the journal end towards the end of his service. Provenance: Property of Another Owner Condition: Fraying and soiling of the ribbons, separation of a medal case, wear of the cover and toning of the journal pages.
Archive includes a sixth plate tintype of Private Carlton standing with his musket and wearing a US belt buckle; a four-piece ladder badge from Carlton's company, Co. B, 42nd Ohio Infantry; a pocket diary for 1864, inscribed several times by Carlton with rank and with entries for every day that year until October 2, which was the end of his service; his GAR badge; GAR hat insignia, pinback, and nine uniform buttons; ribbons from the 1889 and 1911 annual reunions of the 42nd OVI; a four-section telescoping spyglass, 16.25 in. extended, with optics in excellent condition; plus other assorted buttons, collar studs, etc., not Civil War-related. William E. Carlton enlisted for a three-year term on September 22, 1861, and mustered into the 42nd Ohio as a corporal in Co. B. He was taken prisoner October 24, 1863 at an unspecified place, and exchanged in January of the following year. In his daily journal, Carlton shares his experiences as a POW in New Orleans and the anxiety he felt waiting to return to his regiment after his recent exchange. The place we have to stay in is worse than a pig pen, he wrote, we have to stay in the mud eat in the mud and sleep in the mud such is war (January 6 and 7, 1864)! Eventually, the Confederates released him and he returned to his regiment at the end of the month. That May, during the Red River campaign, his regiment encountered the enemy. One skirmish resulted in the death of six men, including one of their best soldiers, Corporal Jasper Powers. Before he died he said he was prepared to go, wrote Carlton (May 4, 1864). The regiment held the most solemn funeral for him where everyone wept (May 5, 1865). The next day, the entire 120th Ohio was either killed or taken prisoner by rebel forces. Luckily, Carlton and his regiment did not suffer the same fate and continued to fight. Regular entries for the journal end towards the end of his service. Provenance: Property of Another Owner Condition: Fraying and soiling of the ribbons, separation of a medal case, wear of the cover and toning of the journal pages.
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