$780
Civil War, Eben Jackson, Framed Photograph and Epaulettes. One sepia-tone image, mounted on period mat board, with an ink inscription on the mat, displayed under glass with Jackson's Major's epaulettes and a carved insignia, 23 x 17 in. overall. Eben Jackson served as a Maryland volunteer from February, 1864 to March 1865. The photograph of Jackson and five other men, the operating staff of the Hospital of the Union Army of the Potomac, was taken at Hancock Station, in Petersburg, Virginia. The inscription also mentions the 1,500 wounded at the Burnside mine explosion who were treated by this group of surgeon soldiers on July 30, 1864, at the Hancock Station Hospital.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-11-18
