Item No. 5790802

A nice group of CDV images out of an album that belonged to Dr. William O. Ensign, who had served as a corporal in the 14th Ohio Battery, an artillery unit that saw action in battles such as Shiloh, Kennesaw Mountain, Atlanta, and Nashville. There are twenty-three CDV images in the group, plus one postwar cabinet card of Ensign. Seventeen are of Battery members in uniform, with the remaining seven dressed in civilian clothes. All but three of the men are identified in period ink on the cartes themselves. They are identified as:

1. Lieut. John W. Francis. Age 21. Enlisted 8/20/61. Mustered out 8/9/65 at Camp Dennison. Cleveland backmark.

2. Additional image of John W. Francis as Sergeant. Garrettsville, Ohio backmark.

3. 1st Sergeant William N. Strong. Age 21. Enlisted 8/20/61 at Cleveland. Mustered out 8/9/65 at Camp Dennison. Malone, New York backmark.

4. Sergeant Aaron P. Cox. Age 20. Enlisted 8/10/61. Mustered out 8/9/65 at Camp Dennison. Warren, Ohio backmark.

5. Private Richard H. Cadwell. Age 20. Enlisted 8/20/61. Mustered out 8/19/64. No backmark.

6. Corporal Samuel B. Gilchrist. Age 21. Enlisted 8/20/61. Mustered out 8/9/65 at Columbus. No backmark.

7. Lieut. Homer H. Stull. Age 33. Enlisted 8/20/61. Died of disease 5/17/63 at Jackson, Tenn. No backmark.

8. Private Oliver Wright (with wife). Age 27. Enlisted 8/13/62. Mustered out 8/9/65 at Camp Dennison. Painesville, Ohio backmark.

9. Private Orrin R. Millard. Age 18. Enlisted 9/10/61. Mustered out 8/9/65 at Camp Dennison. Newton Falls, Ohio backmark.

10. Bugler Cassius N. Baker. Age 19. Enlisted 8/20/61. Mustered out 8/9/65 at Camp Dennison. 3-cent revenue stamp on reverse.

11. Private Walter J. Webber. Age 19. Enlisted 8/15/62. Mustered out 8/9/65 at Camp Dennison. Cleveland backmark.

12. Private Jasper M. Richards. Age 20. Enlisted 8/20/61. Mustered out 8/19/64. Cleveland backmark with 3-cent revenue stamp.

13. Unidentified artilleryman. Hand-colored. Pulaski, Tennessee backmark.

14. Unidentified artilleryman. Gem tintype in CDV mount.

15. Private Herbert D. Ensign. Armed with artillery sword. Age 18. Enlisted 8/13/62. Mustered out 8/9/65 at Camp Dennison. No backmark.

16. Unidentified artilleryman. Remnant of other image adhered to back of carte.

17. Sergeant Isaac N. Parker. Enlisted 8/20/61. Mustered out 8/19/64. No backmark.

18. Corporal William C. Hewitt. Age 21. Enlisted 9/10/61. Mustered out 8/9/65 at Camp Dennison. No backmark.

19. Private Milo B. Stevens. Gem tintype in CDV mount. Age 23. Enlisted 8/20/61. Mustered out 8/9/65 at Camp Dennison.

20. Private Andrew B. Reed. Age 20. Enlisted 8/20/61. Mustered out 8/19/64. Cleveland backmark.

21. Private Warren S. Reynolds. Age 20. Enlisted 9/10/61. Mustered out 8/9/65 at Camp Dennison. Garrettsville, Ohio backmark.

22. Additional image of Private Milo B. Stevens. Gem tintype in CDV mount.

23. Private Lury C. Sprague. Age 18. Enlisted 8/20/61. Died of disease 2/11/62 at Camp Dennison. No backmark.

24. Corporal William O. Ensign. Age 20. Enlisted 8/20/61. Mustered out 8/19/64. Cabinet card (Chicago). Ensign was the owner of the album containing these images.

The images are generally in good condition. As indicated above, many have backmarks. Many also have ink or pencil notes on the reverse. Most of the CDVs were trimmed to fit within the album.