Description
Very nice carte view of an unidentified veteran from the 10th Illinois Infantry. This subject is dressed in his veterans jacket with his veterans stripes shown on the sleeve. Several identified images from this regiment are known dressed in the identical jacket. The regiment was mustered into the three years’ service on July 29, 1861, at Cairo. It’s first action would be at new Madrid and later took part in the movements of Pope’s army in the advance on Corinth. In November, 1863, it crossed the Tennessee river on pontoons and supported Sherman’s attack on Missionary Ridge and closely pursued Hardee’s retreating column and at Chickamauga Station. On January 1st of1864, the regiment re-enlisted as a veteran organization with 394 men mustered as veterans. On May 2nd, the regiment broke camp and moved with Sherman’s army towards Atlanta taking part in the “March to the Sea” before joining the Carolina Campaign. The regiment then pushed on toward Goldsboro and when the 14th corps was attacked at Bentonville, the 10th joined it by a forced night march and took part in the battle. After Johnston’s surrender the regiment moved to Richmond, Fredericksburg and Washington, where it participated in the grand review before mustering out of service on July 4, 1865. This view is back marked out of Maysville, Kentucky and was presumably taken following the Grand Review enroute back home.
