CDV COL. SENECA G. SIMMONS, 34TH PENNSYLVANIA (5TH PA RESERVES) – MORTALLY WOUNDED AT GLENDALE, VA

CDV COL. SENECA G. SIMMONS, 34TH PENNSYLVANIA (5TH PA RESERVES) – MORTALLY WOUNDED AT GLENDALE, VA

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A full-standing carte de visite of Colonel Seneca Galusha Simmons, a West Point graduate (Class of 1834) and career Regular Army officer. Simmons poses beside a draped column in a double-breasted field officer's frock coat with shoulder straps, sword belt with eagle plate, and a tasseled sash. His right hand rests on the hilt of a sword with its point on the floor. Backmark: R. W. Addis, Photographer, McClees' Gallery, 308 Penna. Avenue, Washington, D.C.

Simmons served as a captain in the 7th U.S. Infantry from 1847. He was commissioned colonel of the 34th Pennsylvania (5th Pennsylvania Reserves) on June 21, 1861, and also received a major's commission in the 4th U.S. Infantry that September. During the Seven Days, he led a brigade of McCall's Pennsylvania Reserves at Glendale. He was mortally wounded there on June 30, 1862, and died in Confederate hands.

The reverse has a period ink inscription: "Col. Simmons mortally wounded [corrected from 'Killed'] at White Oak Swamp, below Richmond, June 30th 1862. Died at Richmond a few days later." A second note explains that the battle was known as "Charles City X Roads," "Glendale," and "Fraser's Farm," the last being the name the rebels gave it. The inscription identifies the sitter and records his fate, and it makes this a strong, documented image of a field officer killed during the Peninsula Campaign.

Condition: Small chip at the upper right corner of the mount. A crease runs through the right background of the image without affecting the figure. There is light spotting on the lower coat and general soiling to the mount. Good overall, with a clear image.   [ss] [ph:L]

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