Civil War carte-de-visite [picture], [between 1861 and 1865].

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Civil War carte-de-visite [picture], [between 1861 and 1865].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/762122269

Carte de visite of Charles C. Meservey, a resident of Milwaukee, Wisconsin who served as colonel of the 1st Wisconsin Heavy Artillery Regiment during the Civil War. The image depicts Meservey in front of a painted backdrop wearing a frock coat and leaning on a cavalry sword. Before the war, Meservey worked as a foreman in Milwaukee. He enlisted in 1861 with Company A, 1st Wisconsin Heavy Artillery, and after several promotions held the rank of colonel of the entire regiment before mustering out in 1865. After the war, Meservey moved to New York and worked as a publisher in the newspaper industry. He died in 1888 and is buried in Pennsylvania.

1 photograph : b&w.

Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 8150830

Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center

Related Entities

There are 3 Entities related to this resource.

United States. Army

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6km312r (corporateBody)

The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

United States. Army. Wisconsin Heavy Artillery Regiment, 1st (1861-1865)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x108nc (corporateBody)

Meservey, Charles C., 1831-1888.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vt1zps (person)