DOUBLE INK ID IMAGE OF 15TH PENNSYLVANIA CAVALRY SOLDIER

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CDV is a bust view of Alonzo G. Hitchens of Company G in a dark sack coat.

Image clarity and contrast are good. Paper is cut into an oval and placed in a printed gold frame on the mount. Mount has moderate light staining at top and bottom with light surface dirt throughout. Bottom of mount has nice period ink ID that reads “TRULY YOURS ALONZO G. HITCHINS CO. F. 15TH PENN CAV.” The staining mentioned above does affect some of the inscription.

Reverse has no photographer’s imprint but does have another period ink inscription “ALONZO G. HITCHINS NO. 1028 SOUTH 3RD ST, PHILAD. PENNA.”

Alonzo G. Hitchins enlisted as a private in Company G, 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry on August 22, 1862. He was transferred from Company G to Company F and was mustered out on June 21, 1865 at Nashville, Tennessee.

The 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry was organized in October of 1862 and was assigned to the Army of the Cumberland. The regiment saw action at Stones River, Mossy Creek and several smaller skirmishes. During its service the regiment lost 128 officers and men killed, died of wounds and disease plus many others wounded.

All that is known about Hitchins after the war is that he married and moved to Georgia where he lived until his death in 1901. [ad]

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