CDV is a tinted bust view in fine condition.  Revenue stamp on reverse; BM: J. R. Marken, Photographer, Frederick, MD. Modern ID in pencil on reverse.  Book is a small volume in very fine condition; red cover with gilt lettering entitled American Poets . . Birthday Book . . . Illustrated.  Inside the front cover in period ink is "Amelia L. Knight / Spring Lake / New Jersey".  Inside the back cover in the same handwriting is "Major Peter Vredenburgh / Killed Sept 19th 1864 / age 27 years."

Peter Vredenburgh, Jr. was the son of Peter Vredenburgh, the Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court. He was born on September 12, 1837 in Freehold Township, New Jersey. He studied law in Poughkeepsie, New York and was admitted to the New Jersey Bar in 1859 and moved to Eatontown, New Jersey, where he practiced law.

Vredenburgh, enlisted on August 25, 1962 as a Major. He was commissioned into Field and Staff 14^th Infantry. The 14th New Jersey Infantry was attached to the Army of the Potomac and served in the Eastern Campaigns. Vredenburgh served in various staff appointments until after the Battle of Monocacy when he requested and was granted permission to return to his regiment. Vredenburgh was killed in action at the Battle of Opequon on September 19, 1864 at Winchester Virginia.