Description
Exceptional quality carte view identified as Captain Charles W. Davis of both the 21st & 36th Massachusetts Infantry. A talented musician in his civilian life, Charles would be commissioned 1st lieutenant in “A” Company of the 21st Massachusetts in July, 1861 before receiving a promotion to captain the following year. He would serve with the regiment until transferring into the 36th Massachusetts Infantry in October, 1864. Serving with the 36th until March, 1865, Charles would be discharged and commissioned as a captain & assistant quartermaster into the US. Volunteers Quartermaster’s Depart. There he would remain until discharged in in September, 1865. That same year he would receive brevets to major, lieutenant colonel, and lastly, colonel. This example is back marked out of Boston with a cancelled tax stamp on the reverse. While this image itself does not bear any identification other than a modern ink id, his photo can be found on the HDS confirming that identity.
