(MILITARY CIVIL WAR) Carte de visite full length image of a

Sale 2308 - Lot 410

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Estimate: $ 500 - $ 700

(MILITARY--CIVIL WAR.) Carte-de-visite full length image of a black trooper, his musket at his side; reverse bears the logo of S.B.Brown of Providence, R.I. Image toned with some soil; faint horizontal crease at the center. Np, Nd circa 1870's

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This photograph was taken in Providence, Rhode Island. It is therefore possible that this trooper was part of the Rhode Island 14th Heavy Artillery. Eighteen-hundred Black soldiers were recruited from Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York and other Northern states. Seventy-seven white officers joined the regiment. The recruits were brought to Providence where they received training on Dexter Field throughout the summer and fall of 1863. In the fall they were assigned to Dutch Island to defend the West Passage in Narragansett Bay, manning eight artillery pieces on the island. In early 1864 they were sent to the coast of Texas and later in the Winter, assimilated into the 11th U.S. Heavy Artillery regiment, they were posted to the defenses of New Orleans and Baton Rouge.