This is a very nice cdv photograph of George M. Tillson standing in full uniform. Three-quarter studio view of him wearing single-breasted frock with shoulder straps, sash, sword belt, gloves, and he has an F&S sword propped in front of him. Clear with good contrast.

Typical mount with ruled border; untrimmed. Nicely signed in ink at bottom, “Capt. Geo. M. Tillson 161^st N.Y. Vols.” No backmark.

George Milton Tillson was from Richfield, NY and 21 years old when he enlisted on 9/29/1862 at Albany. On 11/10/1862, he was commissioned Captain of Company K, 161^st New York Infantry.
The 161^st spent its three years as part of the 19^th Army Corps in the Department of the Gulf. Tillson was severely wounded in the right arm on 4/8/1864 at Sabine Cross Roads, LA. The arm was amputated and he was discharged on 9/16/1864. He died in 1907 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Cazenovia, NY.  [jet] [ph:L]

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