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CARTES DE VISITE OF NOTABLE UNION SOLDIERS.

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Photographic Images Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:450.00 - 700.00 USD
CARTES DE VISITE OF NOTABLE UNION SOLDIERS.
<B><I>CARTES DE VISITE</B></I></B></I><B> OF NOTABLE UNION SOLDIERS.</B></I> A group of four images of important Civil War personalities including a remarkable mounted CDV-sized albumen image of Major General George Armstrong Custer, seated with his slouch hat in his lap, no studio marks present, a clear, sharp image in fine condition; a sharp Matthew Brady CDV portrait of General Oliver O. Howard, in fine condition; a CDV portrait of General Joseph Hooker published by E. Anthony of New York from a Brady negative, clear and sharp in fine condition; and a CDV portrait of Thomas “Boston” Corbett, the soldier who shot and killed Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth. Corbett is featured standing, in uniform with his kepi resting on a table at his side. The image has faded slightly and a former owner has penciled “<I>Boston Corbett - Union soldier who shot J. Wilkes Booth the assassin of Abe Lincoln</B></I>” on the verso, else a very good image. <BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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