(MILITARY CIVIL WAR) Tintype portrait of Private Asher John

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(MILITARY--CIVIL WAR.) Tintype portrait of Private Asher Johnson of the 22nd United States Colored Troops. Ferrotype photograph, 2 x 1 1/2 inches, taped on verso into period 4 x 2 1/4-inch mat; minor soiling to mat, minimal wear to photograph. Np, circa 1864

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Asher Johnson (circa 1830-1899) was a farmer born in New Brunswick, NJ who enlisted as a private in Company I, 22nd United States Colored Infantry in January 1864. The regiment served in the sieges of Petersburg and Richmond through the close of the war. with--cartes-de-visite of two white lieutenants from the same regiment, William H. Short of Company K and Robert W. Simpson of Company E, both signed on verso.