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Lot of 9 CDVs. John B. Dibeler, signed on verso as Capt. Co. B 45th Penna. Vet. Vols. 9th A.C. Diebler enlisted in the 10th PA Vols. (100-day unit) 24 April 1861, and mustered out at the end of July. He then must have re-enlisted as he was mustered into the 45th PA on 2 Sept. 1861. He received promotions to !st Sergt. (30 Sept. 1862), 1st Lieut. (1 Mar. 1863), and Capt. (1 July 1863). He resigned on 20 Oct. 1864. CDV signed Lt. Col. Gwynne, 118th Penn. Vols. On verso he has signed this again and added "Comm Excelsior Regt." The database shows a James Gwyn in this position, likely just an alternate spelling (and certainly pronounced "Gwyn"). Gwynne enlisted at the start of the war, 21 April 1861 as a Captain. He was commissioned into Co. G and mustered out at the end of July (100-day unit). He went back in 2 August 1861 as Captain of Co. F of the new, 3-year 23rd PA Infantry. He resigned to accept a F&S commission in the 118th Infantry in August 1862. He mustered out 1 June 1865 in Washington, DC. He was promoted to Lt. Col. (16 Aug. 1862); Colonel (1 Nov. 1863) and brevets as Brig. Gen. (30 Sept. 1864) and Maj. Gen. (1 Apr. 1965). Born in Londonderry, Ireland in 1828, Gwynne died in Yonkers, NY in 1906. C.B. White, Asst. Surgeon USA. Possibly Charles Belden White, born in New York, enlisted in May 1861. But there is also a Charles Barman White, a Vermont native. Backmark of New Orleans Photographic Co. Unidentified officer, backmark of Moses Piffet, New Orleans. Col. John Egbert Farnum, 70th NY Infy. Backmark of J. Gurney & Son, New York. Born in New Jersey in 1824, Farnum enlisted in the 1st PA Infy. in 1846 and served through the Mexican War. In 1858 he was arrested as captain of the Wanderer, the last slave ship to bring a large number of Africans to North America, landing at Jekyll Island, GA and second to last ship documented. The Clotilda was the last slave ship, bringing 110 people from Dahomey in 1860. Farnum was hired by a Southern investment group, and claims he regretted this his whole life. Importation of people for slavery had been outlawed in the United States since 1808. When the Civil War erupted, he enlisted in the 70th New York, a regiment raised by Gen. Daniel Sickles and part of the "Excelsior Brigade." He was wounded at the Battle of Williamsburg in May 1862, but recovered in time for Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. His wounds then forced him to leave field service, but he continued in the Veteran Reserve Corps. He received promotions to Colonel and a Brig. Generalcy by Brevet in 1866. He was mustered out in June 1866. He died in New York City in 1870. Charles Worms was born in France. He enlisted in October 1861 as a 37-year-old Commissary Sergeant and was mustered into the 58th NY Infy. He received promotions to 2nd Lieut, 1st Lieut and Capt. (Capt. & Asst. QM), his rank when he signed this card. Backmark of T. Lilienthal, New Orleans. Richard Henken, Corpl. Co. A, 54th NY VV. Henken enlisted as a private in Co. A, 54th NY and was promoted to Corpl. in July 1865. Backmark of Osborn's Gallery, Charleston, SC. Cdv with identification on verso as "Surg. Clark, 69th Regt." The image is of a man in cot with fur collar, fur mittens and a fur hat, sporting a mustache and mutton chops. Clark enlisted as a 44-year-old Surgeon in May 1862 and was mustered into the 69th Infantry.He mustered out in July 1863 and was commissioned into the 69th again in July 1864 for a 3-month term of service. David S. Mack, 1st Lieut 7th USCT. Mack enlisted in August 1862 in the NY 9th Heavy Art. He was discharged the following October for a commission in the 7th USCT. He was captured in Sept. 1864, but does not seem to have remained a POW for long. He was promoted again in April 1865 into the 116th USCT. He remained in service until Jan. 1867. Condition: The unidentified officer and Mack cdvs have clipped corners. Others with minor handling wear.