containing 30 fine portraits of regimental officers, most carrying swords, 25 of which are identified in ink on the mount. The album's owner is unknown, but the compilation appears to be exclusively a wartime association without civilian or family views. The nine-month 5th Massachusetts organized during the late summer of 1862 and was attached to the Department of North Carolina, later the 18th Corps conducting operations from New Berne until mustering out on July 2, 1863. The militiamen reorganized for 100 days emergency service during Early's advance on the Capitol in July 1864 so a number of the officers remained in service until November 1864. The Bay State men are from front to back: Capt. Benjamin F. Parker Co. B; 2nd Lt. John Harrington Co. B; 1st Lt. Walter Bailey Co. I; Capt. Joseph Crafts, Co. K; Capt. Charles Converse, Co. G (m/o 11/16/64); 2nd Lt. William A. Colgate, Co. G; 1st Lt. and Adjutant William T. Eustis; unidentified officer; 2nd Lt. Andrew J. Holbrook, Co. E (transferred to Signal Corps 2/6/64, resigned for disability 8/19/64); Capt. Caleb Drew, Co. H; Capt. John Kent Co. E; 2nd Lt. Daniel W. Davis, Co. H (m/o 11/16/64); 2nd Lt. W. L. Thompson, Co. C (m/o 11/16/64); unidentified officer; Lt. Colonel John Boyd; Capt. Geo. S. Barnes, Co. C (m/o 11/16/64); Chaplain Wm. Franklin Snow; Assistant Surgeon Dixie C. Hoyt (joined 2nd MHA 8/25/63, died of disease 11/1/64); Capt. Charles Currier Co. F (m/o 11/16/64 as RQM); 1st Lt. Alfred Haskell, Co. F; Capt. Charles B. Newton, Co. I (Capt. 2nd MHA 8/4/63, m/o 9/3/65); 1st Lt. Andrew Powers, Co. I (m/o 11/16/64); Capt. Thomas F. Howard Co. D (Capt. 4th Mass. Cav. 3/164, m/o 11/19/65); 2nd Lt. Wm. L. Frost, Co. I (m/o 11/16/64); Capt. Geo. H. Marden, Co. D (m/o 11/16/64); 1st Lt. Charles P. Whittle, Co. D (m/o 11/16/64); unidentified officer; animated pair of officers trying on boots, signed on verso Morning scene Camp Lander with Sewed or Pegged beneath portrait, same unidentified officer as before with back facing camera, and Sergeant Edward F. Everett, Co H (2nd Lt. 2nd MHA 7/30/63, m/o 9/3/65). Condition: CDVs uniformly VG with light handling wear. Leather album intact, missing brass closures. Album sleeves soiled with light foxing, G.
containing 30 fine portraits of regimental officers, most carrying swords, 25 of which are identified in ink on the mount. The album's owner is unknown, but the compilation appears to be exclusively a wartime association without civilian or family views. The nine-month 5th Massachusetts organized during the late summer of 1862 and was attached to the Department of North Carolina, later the 18th Corps conducting operations from New Berne until mustering out on July 2, 1863. The militiamen reorganized for 100 days emergency service during Early's advance on the Capitol in July 1864 so a number of the officers remained in service until November 1864. The Bay State men are from front to back: Capt. Benjamin F. Parker Co. B; 2nd Lt. John Harrington Co. B; 1st Lt. Walter Bailey Co. I; Capt. Joseph Crafts, Co. K; Capt. Charles Converse, Co. G (m/o 11/16/64); 2nd Lt. William A. Colgate, Co. G; 1st Lt. and Adjutant William T. Eustis; unidentified officer; 2nd Lt. Andrew J. Holbrook, Co. E (transferred to Signal Corps 2/6/64, resigned for disability 8/19/64); Capt. Caleb Drew, Co. H; Capt. John Kent Co. E; 2nd Lt. Daniel W. Davis, Co. H (m/o 11/16/64); 2nd Lt. W. L. Thompson, Co. C (m/o 11/16/64); unidentified officer; Lt. Colonel John Boyd; Capt. Geo. S. Barnes, Co. C (m/o 11/16/64); Chaplain Wm. Franklin Snow; Assistant Surgeon Dixie C. Hoyt (joined 2nd MHA 8/25/63, died of disease 11/1/64); Capt. Charles Currier Co. F (m/o 11/16/64 as RQM); 1st Lt. Alfred Haskell, Co. F; Capt. Charles B. Newton, Co. I (Capt. 2nd MHA 8/4/63, m/o 9/3/65); 1st Lt. Andrew Powers, Co. I (m/o 11/16/64); Capt. Thomas F. Howard Co. D (Capt. 4th Mass. Cav. 3/164, m/o 11/19/65); 2nd Lt. Wm. L. Frost, Co. I (m/o 11/16/64); Capt. Geo. H. Marden, Co. D (m/o 11/16/64); 1st Lt. Charles P. Whittle, Co. D (m/o 11/16/64); unidentified officer; animated pair of officers trying on boots, signed on verso Morning scene Camp Lander with Sewed or Pegged beneath portrait, same unidentified officer as before with back facing camera, and Sergeant Edward F. Everett, Co H (2nd Lt. 2nd MHA 7/30/63, m/o 9/3/65). Condition: CDVs uniformly VG with light handling wear. Leather album intact, missing brass closures. Album sleeves soiled with light foxing, G.
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