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Quarter Plate Tintype of VRC Private,

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Quarter Plate Tintype of VRC Private,
Quarter Plate Tintype of VRC Private,<p>wearing the distinctive twelve-button light blue uniform coat and trousers of the Veteran Reserve Corps. Most VRC men retained the dark blue kepi as this man has. Consisting of returning wounded and otherwise disabled soldiers the VRC did valuable service in the North guarding Confederate prisoners and countless vital installations thus freeing volunteer regiments for the front-line. Entire regiments of VRC were formed beginning in 1863 after a reorganization absorbed the numerous company/battalion-sized units. A measure of the nation’s esteem was paid to the men of the VRC when they were given the honor of escorting President Lincoln’s body from Washington to its final resting place in Springfield, Illinois.<p>The plate is EXC with strong clarity. Lacking cover glass and uncased.