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A nice image of Captain Charles L. Dirlam of the 72nd Ohio Infantry. Dirlam mustered in on February 17, 1862 into Company A as a private. He was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant on April 6, 1862 at Shiloh and was promoted to Captain April 4, 1864. He was captured at Ripley, Mississippi on June 12, 1864. He was intered in Confederate prissons in Macon, Georgia and Columbia, South Carolina. He mustered out on March 19, 1865. The backmark on the image is "A. Whissemore, Photographer, Mansfield, Ohio". Written in blue ink on the back of the image is "Capt. Chas L. Dirlam - Taken during Civil War".
Item #: vm537
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