Description
Carte view identified as Sergeant Joseph Winslow of the 12th Massachusetts Infantry. The 31 year old bootmaker would muster with “H” company of the 12th Massachusetts in June. 1861. In late September of 1862, Joseph would be detached as a sergeant serving in the Ambulance Corps. He would remain with the Ambulance Corps for the remainder of his service until discharged in July, 1864. This example bears a period ink inscription on the reverse by Joseph reading, “Truly yours, J. Winslow Lynn, Mass 11th Sept, 1863″. A second pencil inscription reads, “In hospital after Gettysburg”. This one is back marked out of Washington where Joseph was serving at the time.
