Description
Carte view identified as James Brown of the 100th New York Infantry. Initially, Brown would be commissioned as Captain of “B” Company of the 72nd New York Infantry in June, 1861. He would resign that post on November 5, 1861 in order to accept the colonelcy of the 100th New York Infantry. Commissioned into the 100th in January of 1862, his service with the regiment would be short lived. He would be killed at the Battle of Seven Pines on May 31, 1862, when the 100th was enveloped by a Confederate division under General D.H. Hill. Brown’s body was never recovered. GAR Post 285 in Jamestown was named in his honor. The Charlotte Brown Tent was named in her honor by the Daughters of Union Veterans. Brown’s widow would often attend the 100th Reunion encampment giving out CDVs of her late husband to keep his memory alive. This example is incorrectly identified on the reverse in period ink as “Col. James Allen”. No back mark on this one and it does suffer a small stain on the right shoulder.
