This gem-sized tintype comes housed in a paper CDV sized frame.

Image is of 1^st Sgt. and later Lieutenant Charles H. Carleton who wears a forage cap with a large 6^th Corps bade on the crown and a dark frock coat with a 6th Corps badge on his chest suspended from a ribbon and bar. Carleton is posed in front of a painted backdrop of a camp scene with a flying US flag on a pole.

The image is clean with good contrast and only light surface dirt on the frame. The bottom of the frame has a period ink inscription that reads “CHAS. H. CARLETON, 1^ST. SERGT. CO. A, 4^TH REGT. VT. VOLS.”

The reverse is blank.

Charles H. Carleton was born in 1840. He enlisted at Burke, Vermont as a Private in Company D, 4^th Vermont Volunteers on September 17, 1861 and was mustered in two days later. After a winter in camp he was promoted to Corporal on March 22, 1862. The regiment saw some action on the Peninsula at Lee’s Mill, Savage’s Station and White Oak Swamp. They next took part in the fights at South Mountain, Antietam and Fredericksburg before going into winter quarters.

The new year of 1863 brought a promotion to Sergeant for Carleton on January 10^th.  He served in that rank at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. Carleton became a re-enlisted veteran on February 10, 1864. He served at the Wilderness, Spotsylvania and Cold Harbor before being made 1^st Sergeant in front of Petersburg on June 18, 1864.

The regiment saw service at Monocacy and then moved to the Shenandoah with General Sheridan where it was engaged at Charlestown, Winchester and Cedar Creek.

Once again the turn of the year brought a promotion to Carleton when he was commissioned a 2^nd Lieutenant in Company C on February 27, 1865.

During the final actions at Petersburg on March 27, 1865 Lt. Carleton was wounded to an unknown degree. He was discharged due to wounds on May 15, 1865. He was promoted to 1^st Lieutenant on June 4, 1865 but was never mustered in as such.

Nothing is known of Carleton’s post-war life other than he died on July 13, 1872 and is buried in Hillside Cemetery, Burke, Vermont.

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