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Clear and Historic 1/4 Plate Image of an Identified Berdan Sharpshooter Taken around the Time of the Battle of Gettysburg. ...
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Clear and Historic 1/4 Plate Image of an Identified Berdan Sharpshooter Taken around the Time of the Battle of Gettysburg. Seated before the camera is Sgt. Charles H. Nye of Co E, 1st U.S. Sharpshooters, so identified by a small piece of paper with the printing "Charles H. Nye,/ Harrisville, N.H." wedged between the preserver and glass. The dapper Nye holds his forage cap in his hand. On the crown of the cap is sewn a large III Corps badge, to which the sharpshooters belonged from March, 1863 to March, 1864. Most significantly, Nye is apparently wearing his rare, unpiped dark green sharpshooters' coat which clearly has black gutta purcha "eagle" buttons down the front in lieu of the brass general service buttons that could reflect sunlight and reveal the sharpshooter's position. With the subject posed before a patriotic backdrop, the image is sharp with good contrast. Nye joined this elite unit in August, 1861 as a private, rising to the rank of sergeant by January, 1863. He was mustered out at Petersburg in September, 1864 and moved to Harrisville, N.H. afterwards. A rare view.Auction Info
2008 November Signature Civil War Auction #6015 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
November, 2008
20th-21st
Thursday-Friday
Bids + Registered Phone Bidders: 4
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