Image shows Captain George Quimby posed beside a column and plinth. He wears a dark frock coat with Captains shoulder straps and light trousers. At his waist is a sword belt with rectangular eagle plate and his Model 1850 Foot Officer’s sword. Quimby is posed with his right arm resting on the column and his left hand on the hilt of his sword.

The image is very clean and very clear with excellent contrast. Paper is slightly askew on mount.

Reverse has photographer’s imprint for E. M. RECHER… HAGERSTOWN, MD. There is also a collector’s ID in pencil but this ID is confirmed by an on-line image.

George Washington Quimby was born September 18, 1835. He served as the Headmaster of Barton Academy in Barton, Vermont before the Civil War. He was commissioned a 1^st Lieutenant in Company D, 4^th Vermont Infantry on March 20, 1862 and at some point was promoted to Captain.

The 4^th saw some service on the Peninsula and at South Mountain and Antietam. They were heavily engaged at Fredericksburg where Captain Quimby was killed. Quimby was shot in the neck, piercing his jugular vein, causing an immediate and massive loss of blood that saturated his uniform coat. Caught as he fell by 2^nd Lt. Charles Kinsman and a 1^st Sergeant of the regiment, he died instantly in the arms of his comrades. He was carried off the field by two members of his regiment and buried near the banks of the Rappahannock River. Later it was recovered and returned to Vermont.

Captain Quimby now rests in Lyndon Center Cemetery in Lyndon, Vermont.  [ad]

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