This image shows Cyrus Hamlin in a dark double-breasted frock coat with Colonels shoulder straps and sporting a very full mustache and “mutton-chop” sideburns.

The image has light surface dirt throughout but is clear with good contrast. The photographer his tinted Hamlin’s face just a bit. The mount corners are clipped.

The reverse has a photographer’s imprint for BROOKS & BLAUVELT… PORT HUDSON, LA. There is also a wonderful period inscription in ink that reads “CYRUS HAMLIN / COL. 80 U.S.C. INFANTRY.”

Cyrus Hamlin was born on April 26, 1839 in Hampden, Maine. He attended Colby University but left before graduating. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1860.

At the age of 25 he was commissioned a Captain and assigned to the staff of Major General John C. Fremont as an aide. Captain Hamlin was later complimented by General Fremont for his conduct at the battle of Cross Keys in June of 1862. On February 12, 1863 Hamlin received a promotion to Colonel of the 80th US Colored Troops. He served with his regiment in the Department of the Gulf and on Dec. 3, 1864 was made Brigadier-General of Volunteers.  He commanded Port Hudson, 1864-65, and on March 13, 1865, was brevetted Major-General of Volunteers for distinguished service during the war.

He remained at New Orleans after the war, practicing law and taking an active part in the movements of the reconstruction period and died there, Aug. 28, 1867, of disease contracted while in the army. He was buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine.

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