This image turned up in the estate of a collector who passed late last year. The original is a CDV with some damage (white area below the canteen). I made a copy photo and submit it here with the permission of the present owner, David Mumper. The image may be reproduced if credit is given to Mr. Mumper.
The image shows Captain James W.Anthony of Company "E", 17th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry. The Army Register of the Volunteer Forces has Captain Anthony dying of wounds suffered at Chickamauga, Tennessee on the 10th of October, 1863. The Adjutant Generals Report for the State of Kentucky does not list Captain Anthony as a casualty.
Look carefully at the uniform, there appears to be a foot officer's sword to the left, and an officer quality hat emblem, otherwise it would be a hard task to tell him apart from an enlisted man. Hardtack and canteen in hand, he looks like an authertic campaigner!
Steve Sullivan
46th Illinois
Co. Mil. Hist.
The image shows Captain James W.Anthony of Company "E", 17th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry. The Army Register of the Volunteer Forces has Captain Anthony dying of wounds suffered at Chickamauga, Tennessee on the 10th of October, 1863. The Adjutant Generals Report for the State of Kentucky does not list Captain Anthony as a casualty.
Look carefully at the uniform, there appears to be a foot officer's sword to the left, and an officer quality hat emblem, otherwise it would be a hard task to tell him apart from an enlisted man. Hardtack and canteen in hand, he looks like an authertic campaigner!
Steve Sullivan
46th Illinois
Co. Mil. Hist.
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