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CSA Colonel Marcellus Pointer, 12th Alabama Cavalry, Tintype Portrait

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CSA Colonel Marcellus Pointer, 12th Alabama Cavalry, Tintype Portrait

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n. a.
Zuschlagspreis:
3.120 $
Beschreibung:

CDV-sized tintype of Marcellus Pointer, 12th Alabama Cavalry, seated in studio, with the gray collar, three stars, and triple sleeve cords of a CSA cavalry colonel clearly visible. Housed in a pressed paper case. The youngest of eight children born to a Virginia doctor, Marcellus Pointer (1841-1909) was living in Holly Springs, MI, when the state seceded, and joined "Old Co. B" of the 9th Mississippi Infantry as a Private prior to the first shot at Fort Sumter. His enlistment ran out just before the Battle of Shiloh, and it is uncertain if he took part in that engagement or not, but he was present at his home in Holly Springs on July 20, 1862, when Joseph Wheeler came to town. Wheeler was acquainted with the Pointer family, and gave Marcellus a 1st Lieutenant's commission on the staff of his new command, comprised of six regiments of Mississippi, Alabama, and Arkansas cavalry. Wheeler's papers note that Lieut. Pointer was severely wounded on or about October 19, 1862, at Wild Cat, KY, while retreating from the Battle of Perryville. He was briefly captured at Charleston, TN on December 28, 1863, but shot one of his guards and escaped. At some point, Pointer was promoted to Lieut. Colonel of the 12th Alabama Cavalry, but the date of promotion is unknown. He was wounded again during the Carolina Campaign. On April 23, 1865, Pointer surrendered at his residence in Holly Springs, MS, and was paroled on June 9, 1865. Records indicate that Pointer died in New York City in July 1909, but he is buried at Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, TN. Condition: Very good condition. Case reinforced at the spine.

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 10
Auktion:
Datum:
14.11.2013
Auktionshaus:
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
Este Ave 6270
Cincinnati OH 45232
Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
info@cowans.com
+1 (0)513 8711670
+1 (0)513 8718670
Beschreibung:

CDV-sized tintype of Marcellus Pointer, 12th Alabama Cavalry, seated in studio, with the gray collar, three stars, and triple sleeve cords of a CSA cavalry colonel clearly visible. Housed in a pressed paper case. The youngest of eight children born to a Virginia doctor, Marcellus Pointer (1841-1909) was living in Holly Springs, MI, when the state seceded, and joined "Old Co. B" of the 9th Mississippi Infantry as a Private prior to the first shot at Fort Sumter. His enlistment ran out just before the Battle of Shiloh, and it is uncertain if he took part in that engagement or not, but he was present at his home in Holly Springs on July 20, 1862, when Joseph Wheeler came to town. Wheeler was acquainted with the Pointer family, and gave Marcellus a 1st Lieutenant's commission on the staff of his new command, comprised of six regiments of Mississippi, Alabama, and Arkansas cavalry. Wheeler's papers note that Lieut. Pointer was severely wounded on or about October 19, 1862, at Wild Cat, KY, while retreating from the Battle of Perryville. He was briefly captured at Charleston, TN on December 28, 1863, but shot one of his guards and escaped. At some point, Pointer was promoted to Lieut. Colonel of the 12th Alabama Cavalry, but the date of promotion is unknown. He was wounded again during the Carolina Campaign. On April 23, 1865, Pointer surrendered at his residence in Holly Springs, MS, and was paroled on June 9, 1865. Records indicate that Pointer died in New York City in July 1909, but he is buried at Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, TN. Condition: Very good condition. Case reinforced at the spine.

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 10
Auktion:
Datum:
14.11.2013
Auktionshaus:
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
Este Ave 6270
Cincinnati OH 45232
Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
info@cowans.com
+1 (0)513 8711670
+1 (0)513 8718670
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