CDV PHOTO OF CAPTAIN TILLSON, 161ST NEW YORK

CDV PHOTO OF CAPTAIN TILLSON, 161ST NEW YORK

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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 161st 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, 161st New York Infantry.
The 161st spent its three years as part of the 19th 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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