Comprising six different uniformed officers (plus one duplicate in civilian clothing) with a vignette of a seventh officer in civilian dress, all colonels with distinguished service in the Army of the Gulf under General Banks. Five of the seven colonels later served as brigadier general or were awarded brevet rank at the end of the war. The officers include career regular Bvt. Brig. Gen. Nathan A.M. Dudley (1825-1910) as Colonel, 30th Mass. (Capt., 10th US. Inf. 5/7/61, Col., 30th Mass. 3/1/62, Bvt. Major 8/5/62 for Baton Rouge, Bvt. Lt. Col. 6/14/63 for Port Hudson, Major, 15th US Inf. 9/13/64, Bvt. Brig. Gen. 1/9/65, Bvt. Col. 3/13/65, subsequent regular army service, retired 8/20/89), with a second wartime view of Dudley in civilian dress. Colonel Edward P. Chapin, 116th NY (formerly, Capt., Major & Lt. Col., 44th NY, wounded Hanover C.H., Va. 5/27/62; Colonel, 116th NY 7/4/62, KIA Port Hudson 5/27/63, Brig. Gen. posthumously 5/27/63). Colonel Halbert E. Paine, 4th Wisconsin Cavalry, autographed Col. H.E. Paine 1861/Gen. H.E. Paine 1863. (Col. 4th Wis. Cav. 5/27/61, Brig. Gen. 3/13/63, Bvt. Maj. Gen. 3/13/65 for Port Hudson, Resigned 5/15/65). A wartime civilian view of Bvt. Maj. Gen. Edward L. Molineux (1833-1895), 159th NY (Lt. Col. 9/27/62, Col. 11/25/62, WIA Irish Bend, La. 4/14/63, Bvt. Brig. Gen. 10/19/64 for Opequan, Fisher’s Hill & Middleton, Bvt. Maj. Gen. 3/13/65, Discharged for disability 8/4/65). Colonel Joseph. S. Morgan, 90th NY (m/i 1/13/62, dismissed from service 4/19/64). Colonel Robert B. Merritt, 75th NY, ink signed in unknown hand (1st Lieut. Co. A 10/2/61, Lt. Col. 10/21/61, Col. 10/22/62, discharged 9/20/64). Bvt. Maj. Gen. Oliver P. Gooding (1835-1909) as Colonel, 31st Mass., ink identified as Capt. O.P. Gooding/10th US Infy, a pre-war regular and MA graduate (1st Lieut., 10th Inf. 5/7/61, Capt. 6/27/62, Col., 31st Mass., 2/18/62, Bvt. Brig. Gen. 3/13/65, Bvt. Major Gen. 3/13/65 for Port Hudson, resigned 3/20/65). Provenance: The Ed Steers Lincolniana & Civil War Collection Condition: The CDVs are about G., most showing heavy wear and handling with mottled mounts.
Comprising six different uniformed officers (plus one duplicate in civilian clothing) with a vignette of a seventh officer in civilian dress, all colonels with distinguished service in the Army of the Gulf under General Banks. Five of the seven colonels later served as brigadier general or were awarded brevet rank at the end of the war. The officers include career regular Bvt. Brig. Gen. Nathan A.M. Dudley (1825-1910) as Colonel, 30th Mass. (Capt., 10th US. Inf. 5/7/61, Col., 30th Mass. 3/1/62, Bvt. Major 8/5/62 for Baton Rouge, Bvt. Lt. Col. 6/14/63 for Port Hudson, Major, 15th US Inf. 9/13/64, Bvt. Brig. Gen. 1/9/65, Bvt. Col. 3/13/65, subsequent regular army service, retired 8/20/89), with a second wartime view of Dudley in civilian dress. Colonel Edward P. Chapin, 116th NY (formerly, Capt., Major & Lt. Col., 44th NY, wounded Hanover C.H., Va. 5/27/62; Colonel, 116th NY 7/4/62, KIA Port Hudson 5/27/63, Brig. Gen. posthumously 5/27/63). Colonel Halbert E. Paine, 4th Wisconsin Cavalry, autographed Col. H.E. Paine 1861/Gen. H.E. Paine 1863. (Col. 4th Wis. Cav. 5/27/61, Brig. Gen. 3/13/63, Bvt. Maj. Gen. 3/13/65 for Port Hudson, Resigned 5/15/65). A wartime civilian view of Bvt. Maj. Gen. Edward L. Molineux (1833-1895), 159th NY (Lt. Col. 9/27/62, Col. 11/25/62, WIA Irish Bend, La. 4/14/63, Bvt. Brig. Gen. 10/19/64 for Opequan, Fisher’s Hill & Middleton, Bvt. Maj. Gen. 3/13/65, Discharged for disability 8/4/65). Colonel Joseph. S. Morgan, 90th NY (m/i 1/13/62, dismissed from service 4/19/64). Colonel Robert B. Merritt, 75th NY, ink signed in unknown hand (1st Lieut. Co. A 10/2/61, Lt. Col. 10/21/61, Col. 10/22/62, discharged 9/20/64). Bvt. Maj. Gen. Oliver P. Gooding (1835-1909) as Colonel, 31st Mass., ink identified as Capt. O.P. Gooding/10th US Infy, a pre-war regular and MA graduate (1st Lieut., 10th Inf. 5/7/61, Capt. 6/27/62, Col., 31st Mass., 2/18/62, Bvt. Brig. Gen. 3/13/65, Bvt. Major Gen. 3/13/65 for Port Hudson, resigned 3/20/65). Provenance: The Ed Steers Lincolniana & Civil War Collection Condition: The CDVs are about G., most showing heavy wear and handling with mottled mounts.
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