From the Collection: Simpson, Randolph Linsly, 1927-1992
Published / Created:
1865
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 54
Container / Volume:
Box 35, folder 1082-1083
Image Count:
62
Description:
Most subjects are typical standing or seated portraits of the period; some wear caps, some not; some are armed. Three are identified in pencil in the collector's hand, two of these (of enlisted men) were acquired separately and one is a duplicate (identities supplied by vendor), the third refers to one of the figures in the one double portrait, which is of two white officers, one is Lt. Wright who assembled the album. Most bear either a two cent orange, or a three cent green revenue stamp. The album is heavily embossed morocco, with arched openings and gold decorative lines; each slot is identified as to the soldier whose photograph was mounted in it, thus identifying the entire unit including those who's photographs are missing.
Dedication reads, "Sarah A. Wright's Album. Photographs of Officers and Privates of the 108th Regiment of the U.S.C.T. Taken at Rock Island, Ill. in 1865. Sent by Lt. T.F. Wright to his Mother."