407
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(MILITARY—CIVIL WAR.)
Carte-de-visite photograph of George Stewart,
W[arrant]. Officer’s Boy.
Shows a full length portrait of Stewart in uniform, ink caption
on the card mount, beneath the image; “Pensacola,” April 25th, 1876 on the reverse; tiny
spot on the sailor’s left shoulder. (WGC)
Vallejo, CA, circa 1876
[800/1,200]
RARE IMAGE OF AN
A
FRICAN
A
MERICAN SAILOR
.
The “Pensacola” was launched in
1859, commissioned in September of 1861. She joined Farragut’s Gulf-blockading squadron
and was engaged in the battle for New Orleans. She remained in the lower Mississippi for most
of the war, returning to New York for refitting in spring of 1864. After two years, she headed
around Cape Horn to join the Pacific Squadron, where she was when this photo was taken.
She was in service until 1912.
406
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(MILITARY—CIVIL WAR.)
Sixth plate tintype of a man wearing his
artillery cap with crossed cannons, but in otherwise civilian attire.
In a lightly
worn contemporary case, with finely embossed gold frame.
Np, circa 1865-1875
[700/1,000]
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