VERY SCARCE PHOTO OF MOH RECIPIENT WILMON BLACKMAR IN YOKOHAMA, JAPAN

VERY SCARCE PHOTO OF MOH RECIPIENT WILMON BLACKMAR IN YOKOHAMA, JAPAN

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This post-war image of Wilmon Blackmar features the former officer and Medal of Honor Recipient Wilmon Blackmar in a rickshaw, being pulled by a singular man.  The image is colorized and mounted to a gray card.  Text at bottom reads “K. Tamamura / Yokohama, Japan.”   Tamamura Kōzaburō moved his studio from Tokyo to Yokohama in 1883, becoming a key figure in "Yokohama Shashin" (Yokohama photographs), which produced hand-colored, high-quality souvenir albums for foreign tourists.

The reverse is a darker shade of gray with no text.  Condition is virtually perfect overall.  Dimensions are 5.55” x 7”.

Wilmon Blackmar first enlisted in the 15th PA Cavalry, working his way up through the non-commissioned ranks.  He resigned to accept a commission as First Lieutenant of Company H of the 1st West Virginia Cavalry.  He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his brave and aggressive actions at the Battle of Five Forks in 1865.  After the war, he became the Commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, a celebrity veteran advocate, and something of a known curator of the furniture used by Grant and Lee at Appomattox.

An excellent and uncommon photo of one of the Civil War’s most enduring Union Veterans.   [cm][ph:L]

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