Description
Vignette carte view identified as George Black of the 11th Pennsylvania Reserves, otherwise known as the 40th Pennsylvania Infantry. This is from a small album containing a number of men from the regiment. George would muster as a corporal with the regiment in July of 1861 as part of “C” Company. He would receive a promotion to sergeant in April, 1863 and then to commissary sergeant in October of that same year. The regiment would see considerable front line service during their tenure, fighting in some of the war’s bloodiest battles. George would be wounded and captured and counted among the 112 casualties the regiment suffered at Fredericksburg on December 13th, 1862. He would subsequently return to his regiment after his release and be discharged in June, 1864. Back marked out of Washington, this view most likely dates to after his release and convalescence in a Washington hosptial from his Fredericksburg wounding. A period pencil signature on the reverse reads, “Yours Truly, G. A. Black Regimental Commissary Sergt.”. Slightly trimmed along the top and bottom.
