Description
Identified carte view of Private Augusts W. Hawes of the 50th Massachusetts Infantry. This has a faint period, pencil id along the front bottom reading, “A. W. Hawes 50th Mass Vols”. A second id graces the reverse reading “A. W. H 1862”. Augustus would muster with H Company in September of 1862 serving until the following July. A 9-month regiment, they would spend early 1863 stationed around Baton Rouge, Louisiana, conducting local reconnaissance and bridge-destruction expeditions. Their only combat experience would come during the Siege of Port Hudson, followed by garrison and siege duty until the fortress surrendered. Back marked out of Boston.
