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(CIVIL WAR DOUBLE AMPUTEE CDV)

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(CIVIL WAR DOUBLE AMPUTEE CDV)
"An unusual carte-de-visite of 1st Sergeant Alfred Stratton, 147th New York Volunteers, showing the amputation of both arms after carrying the colors in action at Petersburg in 1864. Image shows the young man wearing a sack coat with a suspended corps badge hanging from it and sleeves turned up illustrating the loss of his upper limbs. One of a number of cards sold by Stratton in order to help support himself after receiving the debilitating wound. No backstamp. Corners clipped, minor soiling, tiny tears affecting the albumen above his head, else very good." 2474 An unusual carte-de-visite of 1st Sergeant Alfred Stratton, 147th New York Volunteers, showing the amputation of both arms after carrying the colors in action at Petersburg in 1864. Image shows the young man wearing a sack coat with a suspended corps badge hanging from it and sleeves turned up illustrating the loss of his upper limbs. One of a number of cards sold by Stratton in order to help support himself after receiving the debilitating wound. No backstamp. Corners clipped, minor soiling, tiny tears affecting the albumen above his head, else very good.