Three-quarter seated view of Alfred Stratton, Company G, 147th New York. Stratton is posed in front of a painted backdrop of a camp scene. He wears a dark shell jacket and light trousers. He has both sleeves pinned up and on his chest is an eagle shaped ID pin. Also, on the collar of the jacket are the numbers “147.”  Stuffed in his coat is a white handkerchief. Printed in blue ink on the bottom of the mount is “ALFRED A. STRATTON, CO. G, 147th N.Y. WOUNDED AT PETERSBURGH, VA.” Image is very clear with good contrast. There is some minor surface wear around the edges. Reverse is blank.

Stratton is one of the more famous amputees to be photographed during the war. He, along with George Warner of the 20th Connecticut who lost both arms to friendly fire at Gettysburg, was a popular subject of public sympathy and was often photographed.

Alfred A Stratton was born in New York in 1845. He was a 17 year old blacksmith living in Ellicott when he was hired as a substitute by a man named August Lass.  Stratton enlisted as a Private in Company G, 147th New York on August 19, 1863. At some unspecified date Stratton was promoted to Sergeant. During the initial attacks on Petersburg, Stratton was wounded by a cannonball and had to have both arms amputated. He was discharged for wounds on September 27, 1864.

After the war he returned to New York where he married in 1865. He worked as a minister and later moved to Washington, D.C. He died there on June 13, 1874 and was buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Washington.

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