Waist-up seated view of Alfred Stratton, Company G, 147th New York. He wears a dark shell jacket with both sleeves pinned up and on his chest is a badge consisting of a bar, ribbon and 5^th Corps badge. Also, on the collar of the jacket are the numbers “147” and “NY.”  Stuffed in his coat is a white handkerchief.

Image is very clear with great contrast. Mount and paper have some light surface dirt. Paper has been cut to fit a gold bordered oval frame printed on the mount.

Reverse has some collector information in pencil but is otherwise blank.

Alfred A Stratton was born in New York in 1845. He was a 17 year old blacksmith living in Ellicott when he was hired as a substitute by a man named August Lass.  Stratton enlisted as a Private in Company G, 147th New York Infantry on August 19, 1863. At some unspecified date Stratton was promoted to Sergeant. During the initial attacks on Petersburg, Stratton was wounded by a cannonball and had to have both arms amputated. He was discharged for wounds on September 27, 1864.

After the war he returned to New York where he married in 1865. He worked as a minister and later moved to Washington, D.C. He died there on June 13, 1874 and was buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Washington.  [ad][ph:L]

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