(CIVIL WAR OHIO) Photograph album from the 72nd Ohio Infant

Sale 2310 - Lot 116

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(CIVIL WAR--OHIO.) Photograph album from the 72nd Ohio Infantry, including 20 images of soldiers in uniform. 22 carte-de-visite photographs: 20 albumen prints, and 2 small tintypes on carte-de-visite mounts. Inserted into a contemporary calf album, 5 x 3 inches, moderate wear, hinges split; most photographs either signed, inscribed or with early captions on mount. Vp, circa 1861-65

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The album includes portraits of generals Ulysses S. Grant and James B. McPherson. 12 other soldiers can be identified, all of them members of the 72nd Ohio Infantry, most of them captains and lieutenants. Only two of the portraits are of men in civilian garb, with one of those being identified as a member of the 72nd. The regiment was raised in Sandusky County near Toledo, and served at Shiloh, Vicksburg, and numerous other battles from October 1861 until the end of the war. The portrait of Company F's Captain Merritt Sexton portrait is inscribed "this is your grandfather Sexton" in the image. Complete list available upon request.