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A nice waist up photograph of James M. Bay of Company "H" of the 33rd Illinois Infantry.  The carte has at one time been bent and the crease goes through Bay's head.  The backmark on the image is "Leeson's Photographic Gallery, 167 Poydras St., New Orleans.".  An orange two cent tax revenue stamp is attached to the back of the image.  Written in period ink on the back is "JW Bat - H - 33 V.V. (Veteran Volunteer) Inft.".  Bay mustered in in September 1861.  He reenlisted in January 1864 and mustered out in November 1865.

SERVICE - Duty at Ironton, Mo., till March, 1862. Expedition to Fredericktown, Mo., October 12-25, 1861. Skirmish at Big River Bridge, near Potosi, October 15. Action at Fredericktown October 21. Moved to Reeve's Station March 3, 1862. Steele's Expedition to White River, Ark., March 23-May 10. March to Batesville, Ark., April 5-May 3, thence to Helena, Ark., May 25-July 14. Action at Hill's Plantation, Cache River, July 7. Duty at and near Helena, Ark., till September 1, participating in numerous expeditious. Action at Totten's Plantation August 2. Prentiss and Bolivar September 24. Friar's Point September 28. Moved to Pilot Knob, Mo., thence to Van Buren, Ark. November 15. Campaign In Southeast Missouri December, 1862, to March, 1863. Ordered to St. Genevieve March 5, and thence to Milliken's Bend, La. Duty there till April 25. Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battle of Port Gibson May 1. Battle of Champion's Hill, Miss., May 16. Big Black River Bridge May 17. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., May 18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Surrender of Vicksburg July 4. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 5-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Duty at Vicksburg till August 20. Ordered to New Orleans, La., August 20. Duty at Carrollton, Brashear City and Berwick till October. Western Louisiana Campaign October 3-November 10. Ordered to New Orleans, La., November 10, thence to Texas November 12. Capture of Mustang Island, Matagorda Bay, November 17. Fort Esperanza November 27-30. Duty at Indianola and Lavacca, Texas, till March, 1864. Veterans on furlough March and April. Moved to New Orleans, La., April 18-29, thence to Brashear City May 17, and duty there and in the District of LaFourche, till February, 1865. Companies "F," "C" and "K," at Bayou Boeuf; Company "I" at Bayou L'Ours; Companies "A" and "D" at Tigerville; Company "G" at Chacahoula; Company "E" at Terre Bonne; Company "B" at Bayou LaFourche, and Bayou des Allemands; Company "H" at Boutte, till March, 1865. Non-Veterans moved north in charge of prisoners via New York September 17, 1864. Mustered out October 11, 1864. Campaign against Mobile and its defences March 18-April 12, 1865. Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26-April 8. Assault and capture of Fort Blakely April 9. Occupation of Mobile April 12. March to Montgomery April 13-25. Moved to Selma May 10, thence to Meridian, Miss., May 17. Duty at Meridian and Vicksburg till November.

Mustered out November 24 and discharged at Chicago, Ill., December 6, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 56 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 250 Enlisted men by disease. Total 309.

 

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A great image of Captain Hugh D. Keffer of the 40th Illinois Infantry.  Keffer mustered in as a Sergeant of Company "G" in August 1861.  He was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant in January 1863 and 1st Lieutenant in December 1863.  His final promotion to Captain was in April 1865 and he mustered out in July 1865.  If you look under his tie and right abouve his coat, you will see a 15th Corps badge!  The backmark is "Daniel Stuber, Photographer, Market Street, Between Preston and Jackson, (Lower Floor), Louisville, KY.".  A blue two cent tax revenue stamp is attached to the back of the image.

SERVICE - Duty at Paducah, Ky., till March, 1862. Demonstrations on Columbus, Ky., November 7-9, 1861. Moved to Savannah, Tenn., March 10-14, 1862. Expedition to Yellow Creek, Miss., and occupation of Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., March 14-17. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7, Corinth Road April 8. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. March to Memphis, Tenn., via LaGrange Grand Junction and Holly Springs, June 1 to July 21. Duty at Memphis till November 21. Sherman's Tallahatchie March November 26-December 12. At Davis' Mills and scouting in Northern Mississippi till April, 1863. Expedition through Northern Mississippi, April 17-26. Guarding Memphis and Charleston R. R. till June. Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., June 8-14. Siege of Vicksburg June 14-July 4. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Birdsong Ferry, Black River, July 4-6. Siege of Jackson, Miss., July 10-17. At Big Black River till September 25. Moved to Memphis, thence march to Chattanooga, Tenn., September 25-November 22. Operations on Memphis and Charleston R. R. in Alabama October 20-29. Battles of Chattanooga November 23-25. Tunnel Hill November 23-24. Mission Ridge November 25. Pursuit to Graysville November 26-27. March to relief of Knoxville, Tenn. November 28-December 9. At Scottsboro till May, 1864. Regiment veteranize January 1, 1864. Veterans on furlough March to May. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign, May to September. Joined army June 3. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Brush Mountain June 15. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Battle of Atlanta July 22. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Ezra Chapel, Hood's 2nd sortie, July 28. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Pursuit of Hood into Alabama October 3-26. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Griswoldsville November 22. Ogeechee River December 7-9. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Reconnaissance to Salkehatchie River January 25. Combahee River, S.C., January 28. Salkehatchie Swamps February 2-5. South Edisto River February 9. North Edisto River February 11-12. Savannah Creek and Congaree Creek February 15. Columbia February 15-17. Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 20-21. Mill Creek March 22. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston, and his army. March to Washington, D.C. via Richmond April 29-May 19. Grand Review May 24. Moved to Louisville, Ky., June 6.

Mustered out July 24, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 119 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 117 Enlisted men by disease. Total 246.

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A seated image of Corporal Governor Duckworth of the 40th Illinois Infantry.  You can clearly see Duckworth's stripes and he looks like he just came out of the woods!  Written in period ink under the photograph is "G. Duckworth".  A very small piece of th image is missing to the right of Duckworth's chin.  It does not effect the image of Duckworth.  There is no backmark.  He mustered into Company "A" of the 40th Illinois Infantry in August 1861 and reenlisted in January 1864. 

SERVICE - Duty at Paducah, Ky., till March, 1862. Demonstrations on Columbus, Ky., November 7-9, 1861. Moved to Savannah, Tenn., March 10-14, 1862. Expedition to Yellow Creek, Miss., and occupation of Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., March 14-17. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7, Corinth Road April 8. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. March to Memphis, Tenn., via LaGrange Grand Junction and Holly Springs, June 1 to July 21. Duty at Memphis till November 21. Sherman's Tallahatchie March November 26-December 12. At Davis' Mills and scouting in Northern Mississippi till April, 1863. Expedition through Northern Mississippi, April 17-26. Guarding Memphis and Charleston R. R. till June. Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., June 8-14. Siege of Vicksburg June 14-July 4. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Birdsong Ferry, Black River, July 4-6. Siege of Jackson, Miss., July 10-17. At Big Black River till September 25. Moved to Memphis, thence march to Chattanooga, Tenn., September 25-November 22. Operations on Memphis and Charleston R. R. in Alabama October 20-29. Battles of Chattanooga November 23-25. Tunnel Hill November 23-24. Mission Ridge November 25. Pursuit to Graysville November 26-27. March to relief of Knoxville, Tenn. November 28-December 9. At Scottsboro till May, 1864. Regiment veteranize January 1, 1864. Veterans on furlough March to May. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign, May to September. Joined army June 3. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Brush Mountain June 15. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Battle of Atlanta July 22. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Ezra Chapel, Hood's 2nd sortie, July 28. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Pursuit of Hood into Alabama October 3-26. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Griswoldsville November 22. Ogeechee River December 7-9. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Reconnaissance to Salkehatchie River January 25. Combahee River, S.C., January 28. Salkehatchie Swamps February 2-5. South Edisto River February 9. North Edisto River February 11-12. Savannah Creek and Congaree Creek February 15. Columbia February 15-17. Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 20-21. Mill Creek March 22. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston, and his army. March to Washington, D.C. via Richmond April 29-May 19. Grand Review May 24. Moved to Louisville, Ky., June 6.

Mustered out July 24, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 119 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 117 Enlisted men by disease. Total 246.

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A great full standing image of Gabriel Butts, Company "G" of the 41st Illinois Infantry.  Butt is wearing his uniform and holding his hat.  He wearing some type of shawl over his uniform.  He is holding his hat.  The painted backdrop behind Butt is great with a fort, cannon, tents, a river, U.S. flag, and soldiers!  There is no backmark.  Signed in period pencil on the back of the image is "Gabe Butt".   Butt was wounded during the war but no battle was mentioned.

 

SERVICE - Duty at Paducah, Ky. (Cos. "B" and "I," at Smithland, Ky.), till February, 1862. Demonstration on Columbus, Ky., November 7-9, 1861. Operations against Forts Henry and Heiman, Tenn., February 3-6. Fort Heiman February 7. Investment and capture of Fort Donelson, Tenn., February 12-16. Expedition to Clarksville, Tenn., February 19-21. Moved to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., March 10-16. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. March to Memphis, Tenn., via LaGrange, Grand Junction. Holly Springs and Germantown, June 1-July 21. Duty there till September 6. Moved to Bolivar, Tenn. March to relief of Corinth October 4. Battle of Hatchie River or Metamora, October 5. Pursuit to Ripley October 5-12. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign, November 2, 1862, to January 10, 1863. Reconnoissance from LaGrange to Lamar, Miss., November 5, 1862. Worsham Creek November 16. Guard R. R. at Moscow, Tenn., January to March, 1863. Skirmish at Moscow February 18 (Detachment). Moved to Memphis, Tenn., March, and duty there till May. Expedition to the Coldwater, Miss., April 18-24. Hernando April 18. Coldwater April 19. Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., June 12-22. Siege of Vicksburg June 22-July 4. Surrender of Vicksburg July 4. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 5-10. Siege of Jackson, July 10-17. Assault on Jackson July 12. At Vicksburg till November. Moved to Natchez, Miss., November 18 and return to Vicksburg, December 16. Duty there till February, 1864. Meridian Campaign February 3-March 2. Pearl River February 27. Veterans on furlough March to May, 1864. Non-Veterans on Red River Campaign March 10-May 22. Fort DeRussy March 14. Battle of Pleasant Hill, La., April 9. Pleasant Hill Landing April 12-13. About Cloutiersville April 22-24. At Alexandria April 30-May 13. Boyce's Plantation May 6. Well's Plantation May 6. Bayou Boeuf May 7. Retreat to Morganza May 13-22. Mansura May 16. Yellow Bayou May 18. Moved to Vicksburg, thence to Memphis, Tenn., May 22-June 10. Action at Lake Chicot, Ark., June 6-7. Smith's Expedition to Tupelo, Miss., July 5-21. Harrisburg near Tupelo July 14-15. Smith's Expedition to Oxford, Miss., August 1-30. Veterans moved to Cairo, Ill., thence to Nashville, Tenn., and to Tunnel Hill May, 1864. Assigned to duty guarding R. R. at Tunnel Hill, Moon Station, Big Shanty, Marietta and Kenesaw Mountain till November. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10-21.

Consolidated with 53d Illinois Infantry December 23, 1864.

Regiment lost during service 8 Officers and 107 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 107 Enlisted men by disease. Total 225.

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A nice image of Captain Thomas O. Hughes of the 27th Ohio Infantry and the 64th U.S. Colored Troops.  The image has a nice "Joslyn & Smith, Washington Gallery, Vicksburg, Miss." backmark.  Hughes enlisted in the 27th Ohio Infnatry in July 1861 as a corporal.  He was discharged for promotion in August 1864.  He was commisioned in the 64th USCT in August 1864 and he resigned in June 1865.

 

The 27th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service at Louisville, Kentucky on July 11, 1865.

 

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General Potts entered his Civil War military service as a captain of the 32 Ohio Infnatry.  In late 1862, he was promoted to lt. colonel and then to colonel of the 32 Ohio Infantry.  His unit transferred to the Western theater, and Potts served under General John Logan during the Vicksburg campaign.  He served in the Atlanta campaign, the March to the Sea, and the Carolina campaign under General W.T. Sherman.  Potts was usually in command of a brigade of the XVII Corps.  He was made a full brigadier on January 12, 1865 and promoted to major general by brevet on March 13, 1865.

 

The image is a three quarter standing view of Potts.  He is wearing his brigadier genrals uniform and holding a slouch hat.  Written in period ink on the front top of the image is "B.F. Potts".  The image does not have a backmark but does have a green two cent stamp with President Washington's likeness on it. 

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Morgan started his military career as an officer in the Texas army and was appointed by Sam Houston.  He entered the U.S. Military Academy in the class of 1845 but withdrew in the third year due to scholastic difficulties.  In 1846 he was elected colonel of the 2nd Ohio Volunteers for the Mexican War.  He commanded the regiment under Zachary Taylor until March 3, 1847, when he was commisioned colonel of the 15th U.S> Infantry.  In this capacity, in the army under Winfield Scott, he was twice wounded and of August 20, 1847, was brevetted brigadier general for gallantry at Contreras and Churubusco - a promotion not equalled during that war by a man so young.  His Civil War career began in November, 1861 .  He was commisioned a brigadier general in the federal army.  His principle Civil War contribution was the expulsion of the COnfederates from Cumberland Gap in 1862.  He commanded a division under W.T. Sherman at Chickasaw Bayou and the XIII Corps at the capture of Arkansas Post, where he and SHerman, under John McClernand's orders, each commanded a corps.  Friction between Sherman and Morgan began when SHerman found fault with how Morgan handled his men at CHickasaw Bayou.Prir to the surrender at Vicksburg, Morgan tendered his resignation.

 

The image is a three quarter standing view of General Morgan.  He is wearing gloves and holding his kepi.  The image has an E. & H.T. Anthony backmark.

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A hard to find image of General Joseph Andrew Jackson Lightburn.  His Civil War career began as the Colonel of the 4th West Virginia Infantry in August, 1861.  At Vicksburg he commanded the 2nd Brigade of Francis P. Blair's division of the XV Corps.  On March 16, 1863 he was made a brigadier general of volunteers, and at Chattanooga in November, 1863, he served under W.T. Sherman in the attack on Missionary Ridge.  He took part in the Atlanta campaign in Morgan Smith's division.  His brigade was roughly handle at Kennesaw Mountain but distinuished itself under the leadership of Lightburn and Smith at the Augusta railroad cut in front of Atlanta on July 22.  On August 24, 1864, while taking part in the operations which shifted Sherman's forces west and south around Atlanta, Lightburn was struck in the head by a rifle bullet.  After his recovery, he was moved to West Virginia and Maryland and served there for the rest of the war.

 

The image has Lightburn in a bust shot.  There is no backmark.  Written in pencil onthe ack is "Genl Lightburn - 2d Div - 15 AC".  The card is trimmed on the top and bottom but does not affect the General's image.

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A nice image of Sgt. Julien J. Dinsmoreof the 11th Wisconsin Infantry.  Dinsmore mustered in as Corporal in September 1861.  He mustered out September 1865.  The image is a nice waist up view clearly showing Dinsmore's sergeant stripes.  There is no backmark.  The image was identified from the 11th Wisconsin album this card came out of.

 

The 11th Wisconsin Infantry started their battle experience at Bayou Cache, Arkansas.  The regiment patroled along the Mississippi River until it was swept up in Grant's push toward Vicksburg.  The 11th fought at Port Gibson, Champion's Hill, the Big Black River, and Vicksburg.  The regiment received a special compliment from Colonel Stone, brigade commander, at Port Gibson.  At the Big Black the regiment led the charge which carried the enemy's works, and captured several hundred prisioners.  At Vicksburg it's loss was heavy, the regiment occupying open ground which was swept by Confederate bullets.  The regiment fought General Forrest in Northen Mississippi and moved to Louisiana.  The regiments last battle was Fort Blakely, Alabama.  The 11th Wisconsin was among one of the first regiments to place it's colors on the enemy's parapet in the face of murderous fire.  The 11th Wisconsin was mustered out in September, 1865.

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