theamericanparlor: Quarter Plate Tintype Of A Union Soldier On His Horse In Camp Modern label o
theamericanparlor: Quarter Plate Tintype Of A Union Soldier On His Horse In Camp Modern label on verso is inked Dewitt Stafford? though there is no explanation for the identification. Possibly Dewitt C. Stafford who served in Co. B, 64th Ohio Infantry, from Oct. 29, 1861, to Dec. 3, 1865. During the American Civil War, the State of Ohio provided the United States government with three types of military units: artillery units, cavalry units, and infantry units. Ohio supplied the federal government with more than 260 regiments of men, not counting several companies that formed the basis of regiments in West Virginia, Kentucky, and Massachusetts. A total of 310,654 Ohioans served in the Union army for varying lengths of time. http://www.cowanauctions.com/auctions/item.aspx?id=172560http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Civil_War_Cavalry_Units -- source link
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