Very nice CDV of three officers from the 15^th Maine Infantry. Two are seated with a third standing at center. All three are identified in period ink on the bottom of the mount, they are Captain Clark, Captain Martin and Captain Knight.

Clark is seated at left and wears a dark slouch hat with a short brim and a rounded crown, dark frock coat with shoulder straps, white vest and trousers. In his hands he holds a waling stick made from a tree branch.

Standing at center is Martin. He wears a dark kepi at a jaunty angle with an embroidered infantry hunting horn on the front, and a dark shell jacket with shoulder straps and a black felt collar open to reveal a light-colored shirt.

Seated at right is Knight who is posed holding a dark slouch hat with officer’s had cord in his lap. He wears a dark frock coat with narrow shoulder straps and black felt collar, matching dark vest and trousers. Trousers have a thin light leg stripe.

Image has very good clarity and contrast. Paper and mount are also good. Bottom of the mount has period ink ID that reads “CAPT. CLARK, 15^TH ME., CAPT. MARTIN, 15^TH ME., CAPT. KNIGHT, 15^TH ME.”

Reverse has a photographer’s imprint for R. WEARN… COLUMBIA, S.C. The rest of the reverse is taken up with collector information in pencil.

The 15th Maine was assigned to service in the Department of the Gulf and saw service at Sabine Cross Roads and Pleasant Hill. During their service the regiment lost 5 men killed and mortally wounded and 3 officers and 340 men to disease

Joseph A. Clark was born in Garland, Maine on September 30, 1840. At the time of the Civil War Clark was working as a shoemaker. He was commissioned adjutant of the 15^th Maine regiment on Christmas Day of 1863. He was wounded and captured at Pleasant Hill, La. On April 9, 1864 and was paroled. He was promoted captain of Company C on May 9^th 1864 and mustered out on July 5, 1866. Sometime after the war Clark moved with his family to Califormia. He died on February 22, 1922 in Santa Paula, California and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Caribou, Maine.

James N. Martin was 18 years old from Lubec, Maine when he enlisted as a private in Company A, 15^th Maine. He became a re-enlisted veteran on January 25, 1864 and during that year rose to corporal and sergeant. In 1865 he received a commission to 2^nd lieutenant and then to 1^st lieutenant. He was discharged on July 5, 1866. Nothing is known of his post-war life.

Cyrus E. Knight was a 27 year old from Presque Isle, Maine. On October 19, 1861 he enlisted as a private in Company E, 1^st Maine Cavalry. He was transferred to Company F, 15^th Maine Infantry on January 24, 1862. Knight received a commission as 1^st lieutenant in 1864 and in September he was put in command of Company B. He was promoted to captain sometime in 1865 and was mustered out on July 5, 1866.  [ad]

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