This Civil War view is rare, large-size albumen photo of Colonel William Henry Noble, commanding officer of the 17^th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War.  The sepia-toned oval image measures 7½” high x 5¼” wide and is glued to a large, 10½” x 9½” pasteboard backing.  No photographer’s mark is visible on the specimen but two period revenue stamps are glued to the backside.  Image of Noble shows him in a waist up view dressed in his Colonel’s uniform frock coat with three buttons opened at the chest.  The picture is very clear as he sits at an angle to the camera and looks to his right.   Noble is hatless and exhibits a head full of mottled salt and pepper-colored disheveled hair matched to his mustache and long beard.

Image shows one light stain at his left shoulder. Pasteboard exhibits all corners cut with moderate edge tearing and ripping. Backing also shows creases and light scuffing, staining and light surface grime. Noble, from Bridgeport, Connecticut enlisted on July 22, 1862 as a Colonel and was commissioned into the F&S of the 17^th Connecticut Infantry on August 29, 1862. He was wounded on May 2, 1863 at Chancellorsville, VA, captured on Dec 24, 1864 in Florida and was paroled on April 8, 1865 at Macon, GA.  He gained a brevet promotion to Brigadier General on March 13, 1865 and mustered out of service on 2July 19, 1865.  Noble, born in Newtown, CT on Aug 16, 1813, died in Bridgeport on January 18, 1894.