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MEDAL OF HONOR WINNER JAMES M. YOUNG

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Militaria Start Price:350.00 USD Estimated At:700.00 - 900.00 USD
MEDAL OF HONOR WINNER JAMES M. YOUNG
A set of six photographs including three cartes-de-visite and three cabinet card photographs of JAMES M. YOUNG (1843 - 1913), Union solider and a recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Young, as a member of 120th New York, was cited for his bravery at the Wilderness on May 6, 1864 when, while out reconnoitering rebel positions he was fired upon, and one of his comrades was gravely wounded. Ignoring the enemy fire, Young risked his own life to carry his wounded comrade on his back to the safety of Union lines. The collection includes one carte of Young in uniform. The three cabinet cards depict Young later in life including a portrait of him wearing his medal and another as a policeman in Jamestown, N.Y. The cartes (one of which is signed on the verso) bear a good deal of surface wear (one is heavily damaged), some abrasions on versos, the cabinet cards are in overall fine condition. Together, six pieces.