This is a typical personal item carried by many Civil War soldiers. A wood cased mirror. There is a riveted swing-away cover to protect mirror when not in use, original mirror shows oxidation. Wood shows use but remains if good condition.

The initials “J.P.C.” are carved into the bottom. The lid has old pen & ink note “1862 to 1865” on the top and period pencil identification on the underside; “J. P. Carr / Co. I, 20th Mass Vols”.

John Carr lived in Medford, Mass. And was a 21-year-old teamster. He enlisted as a Private in Company E, 5th Mass. Infantry on April 16, 1861. The 5th " Minute Men," were ordered to Washington DC. Where they stayed until May when they were attached to General McDowell’s Army and engaged at Bull Run. They were mustered out of the service July 31, 1861.

John P. Carr then enlisted in Company I, 20^th Mass. Infantry on September 4, 1861. The 20^th Mass. was in the Second Corps of the Army of the Potomac until the end of their enlistments around Petersburg in September 1864.

Carr at some point moved to California, where he died of pneumonia on May 25, 1899; he was buried in Pioneer Cemetery in Watsonville, Santa Cruz County, CA. He left behind his wife, two sons and two daughters.

The mirror measures approximately 5.5” x 3.25”.  [jet/L] [ph:L]

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