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BENJAMIN F. SMITH

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Militaria Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 USD
BENJAMIN F. SMITH
(1831 - 1868) Union brevet brigadier general, served on the field and staff of the 1st Ohio and the 126th Ohio Vols. After serving in Kentucky with the 1st, Smith formed the 126th Ohio and served as its colonel until war's end. He would die at Fort Reno in 1868. Oval albumen portrait, 8" x 10" (trimmed), hand-colored, showing him seated in uniform with sword in hand, signed with rank at bottom right. Backstamp by W. L. Germon, Philadelphia. Slight dampstains do little to detract, else very good.