A cdv-sized tintype of Lt. Thomas Tarbell with thin facial hair in frock coat with dark "rubber" buttons and brass 2/USSS/E kepi insignia. A large cloth 3rd Corps badge is also visible. A native of Mount Tabor, Vermont, Thomas J. Tarbell enlisted as Sergeant in Company E., 2nd USSS in October 1861 and was captured at 2nd Bull Run, paroled and returned to the regiment in November 1862. Tarbel was promoted to 1st Sergeant in December 1863 and again to 2nd Lieutenant on March 13, 1864 before being wounded in the Wilderness on May 6, shot in the left thigh. Tarbell was sent to Douglas General Hospital in Washington and later furloughed back home to Danby, Vermont where he died on October 9, 1864 from the effects of typhoid fever and infection. Condition: Some wear to plate where it once was matted, plus slight wear along edges.
A cdv-sized tintype of Lt. Thomas Tarbell with thin facial hair in frock coat with dark "rubber" buttons and brass 2/USSS/E kepi insignia. A large cloth 3rd Corps badge is also visible. A native of Mount Tabor, Vermont, Thomas J. Tarbell enlisted as Sergeant in Company E., 2nd USSS in October 1861 and was captured at 2nd Bull Run, paroled and returned to the regiment in November 1862. Tarbel was promoted to 1st Sergeant in December 1863 and again to 2nd Lieutenant on March 13, 1864 before being wounded in the Wilderness on May 6, shot in the left thigh. Tarbell was sent to Douglas General Hospital in Washington and later furloughed back home to Danby, Vermont where he died on October 9, 1864 from the effects of typhoid fever and infection. Condition: Some wear to plate where it once was matted, plus slight wear along edges.
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