Beschreibung:

An 1860s-70s compilation comprising 29 mostly unknown civilian portraits—several with the surname of “Greene”— with 4 significant military views and 4 cartes of general photographic interest along with 11 lithographic album fillers. Additionally, there are 2 cased civilian images, a 1/9 plate daguerreotype and 1/16th plate ambrotype, plus a 2nd NJ (8th) Reunion Badge dated May 24, 1899 featuring a cellulite portrait of Major James N. Duffy. The desirable Civil War views include a wartime Brady portrait of Brigadier General Major General George Sears Greene (1801-1899) with 3 different photographs of his son, Captain Charles Thurston Greene (1839-1912), who saw action at Antietam, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg before losing his leg at Ringgold Gap. Two of the images, a CDV and eighth plate tintype, are portraits of Greene wearing first lieutenant’s straps. The third is an unpublished CDV group shot of 1st Lt. Greene standing next to an unidentified brigadier general sporting elegant mutton-chop whiskers together with three other unidentified company grade officers. Greene was then serving in the 60th NY and wears a prominent 12th Corps star badge on his frock coat. The CDV bears the imprint of "Henry Ulke, Washington, D.C." with an “1865” date and what must be a late war copy shot. Greene was advanced to captain in September 1863 and two months later in November lost his right leg at Ringgold Gap. This earlier CDV shows Lieutenant Greene with both legs while serving in the 60th New York. The album also includes a fine character CDV of a young boy, likely a Greene family member, wearing a military kepi adorned with 12th Corps star. Of general interest is a study of a John Rogers statue with lithographs of Rhode Island Governor Sprague and Lincoln & family. General George S. Greene, USMA ’23, entered service as colonel of the 60th NY and commanded a brigade in the 12th Corps during the height of the war. At Gettysburg, Greene’s New Yorker’s anchored the army’s right wing at Culp’s Hill where they held against the onslaught of more than a division of Confederate troops. Later, General Greene was severely wounded in the jaw during a night action at Wauhatchie near Chattanooga that affected him for the rest of his long life. He was brevetted major general and when he died in 1899 was heralded as the oldest surviving West Point graduate from the Civil War. General Greene rests in the family plot in Warwick, Rhode Island beneath a two ton bolder taken from Culp’s Hill. Charles T. Greene served briefly in the 22nd NYSM before joining his father’s regiment as a 2nd lieutenant in August 1862. He was present at Antietam and slightly wounded at Chancellorsville. Promoted to 1st lieutenant just before Gettysburg, he served on his father’s staff, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 12th Corps, during the climactic battle. In September 1863 Greene transferred to the Adjutant General’s Department with the rank of captain and thereafter served as a staff officer in the field. Captain Greene was grievously wounded at Ringgold on November 27, 1863, struck by an exploded shell, which passed through his horse and carried away his right leg below the knee. A studio photograph on p.412, Echoes of Battle—The Struggle for Chattanooga captured the stoic young officer with two other unfortunate comrades, both amputee’s from the battle. Captain Greene was brevetted major in March 1865 and remained in the post-war army until his retirement in December 1870. He received a second brevet to major in 1867 for “gallantry” at Ringgold Gap where he left his leg. Condition: The album is badly damaged, completely disbound, missing its spine with loose pages. Many of the page slots are empty. The important military CDV’s are soiled but otherwise G+. The tintype of Lieutenant Greene is damaged at bottom showing moderate loss of emulsion.