This is a vignette bust view of Colonel Henry O. Kent. He is shown wearing a double-breasted frock coat and shoulder boards.  Image is fairly clean. No photographer’s mark on back. Modern pencil inscription reads “Col. Henry O. Kent, 17^th N. H. Vol. Inf.” ID is confirmed by on-line database.

Henry Kent was 28 years old and living in Lancaster, New Hampshire when he was commissioned Colonel of the 17^th New Hampshire on October 23, 1862. He was Colonel of the regiment until his muster out on April 16, 1863. The 17^th was a 9-month regiment that was never fully organized. The regiment was cannibalized to fill out the ranks of the 15^th and 16^th New Hampshire regiments. What was left of the 17^th after that was sent to the 2^nd New Hampshire. Despite his men being taken from him Henry Kent remained listed as Colonel of the 17^{th –} a very unusual situation.

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