Association of Officers of the 55th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment carte de visite album, ca. 1863-1875.

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Association of Officers of the 55th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment carte de visite album, ca. 1863-1875.

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One album containing twenty-nine cartes de visite of members of the Association of Officers of the 55th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, one of Massachusetts' two black infantry regiments during the Civil War. The Association was a veterans' organization for officers who served with that regiment, and the photos are mostly of white officers from the 55th, as well as one carte de visite of an unidentified black soldier. Many of the photographs are identified and were taken both during and after the Civil War. Photographers include H.C. Foster (of Charlestown and Morris Island, S.C.), Amos H. Locke (of Plymouth, Mass.)., and John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.), among others.

29 photographs in album : cartes de visite, b&w ; 10 x 6 cm., in album 16 x 12.5 cm.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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