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Civil War Era Photographs from Marietta, Ohio
Description: Group portrait of seven young men. The photograph is presented in an oblong-shaped mat edged with two gold lines. Four men are seated in the first row and three are standing in the second row, and all appear to be dressed in military uniform jackets. Their names are recorded on the mat below the photograph but the ink has spread making the writing difficult to read. The handwritten text seems to read "Top row Lafayette Franks No. 8. Sumner Ellis No 1. William Brennan No 1./ Lower row Patrick W. Slattery, James M. Wright gunner, William H. Goldsmith Searg. John Dow No. 28." These men served in Battery C of the 1st West Virginia Light Artillery. Battery C was organized in Wheeling, West Virginia between January 25, 1862 and March 30, 1862. Battery C was mustered out on June 28, 1865. It had a total of 173 men, with 106 enlisting from Washington County, Ohio, and 67 from West Virginia. The 1st West Virginia Light Artillery Regiment lost 33 men, killed and died of wounds; 131 men, died of disease, accident or in prison; total deaths, 164 men. (all 8 batteries) [Source: Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861–1865, by William F. Fox] Battery C was engaged in several key battles, including Gettysburg. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC5739_02
Subjects: Teenagers; Civil War 1861-1865; Photography--Ohio--History--19th century; Soldiers--Ohio--Photographs; Military uniforms
Places: Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)