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Captain E. J. Maxwell, by Anderson, N.O. is ink signed beneath photograph. Maxwell had prior service as Sergeant, Co. D, 15th Maine; discharged for promotion 6/64; commissioned Captain, 96th USCT, 8/63; m/o 1/29/66. A pair of CDVs featuring Lieut. Alden M. Varney & Wife Julia B. Varney. 1st Lieut. Varney CDV is unsigned, by E.A. Piffet, N.O. Varney served previously as Private, 5th Maine Battery; discharged for promotion 12/63; commissioned 1st Lieut., 10th USCHA, 12/63; brevetted Captain 3/1/365; m/o 2/22/67. A.W. Chapin is ink signed on back with Whitaker & Co., Philadelphia imprint. Chapin originally joined as Sergeant, Co. E, 18th Maine; transferred to 1st Maine Heavy Artillery; WIA Petersburg 6/16/64; discharged for promotion 2/65; promoted 2nd Lieut. Co. C, 24th USCT; m/o 10/65. A vignette of career officer G.A. Goodale/Capt. 77th Infy., by Guay & Sons, N.O. Goodale enlisted as Private, Co. E., 6th Maine 7/61; promoted Corporal; Sergeant; commissioned 1st Lieut., Co. D, 77th USCT, 1/64; promoted Captain 5/64; brevetted Major 3/13/65 “for faithful and meritorious service during the war"; m/o 11/14/66; commissioned 1st Lieut., 23 US Infantry 7/66; brevetted Captain 3/2/67 “for gallant and meritorious service in the battle of Gettysburg"; promoted Captain 6/78; Major 4/98; Lieut. Colonel, 3rd US Inf. 7/99; Colonel, 1st Infantry, 4/01; retired as Brigadier General 2/23/03. Lieut. Colonel James Howard Gilpatrick seated with sword, having imprint of J.W. Black, Boston. Gilpatrick enlisted as Major, 83rd USCT; promoted Lieut. Colonel 11/64; brevetted Colonel & m/o 10/9/65. Last is a paper copy shot dated Jan. 19., 1934 ostensibly signed by the elderly veteran former Lieut. Colonel Oliver N. Blackington, 81st USCT with inked notation, As I once was. Sole survivor 4th Me., his former unit. Provenance: The Tom MacDonald Maine Civil War CDV Collection