Three-quarter standing view of a Confederate Lieutenant in uniform. He is wearing a double-breasted frock with appropriate collar and cuff insignia. He holds his kepi in one hand and sword in the other. There is a red sash around his waist and what may be a belt and holster. Buttons, insignia, trim, and sash have been tinted. Period ink “1863” at bottom of mount. No photographer’s backmark, but likely from George S. Cooke in Charleston. Period ink note on back, “Lient Ned (or Fred) / 1863.”

By way of the common mount and the same back drop in many photos, Mr. Turner determined that the photographer was George S. Cook in Charleston, S.C. and that many were indeed members of the 1^st SC Artillery.

The 1st Regiment, South Carolina Artillery organized as the 1st Battalion, South Carolina Artillery in the early part of 1861.  On May 24, 1861 the Battalion mustered into Confederate service with five companies. Two more companies were added by the end of the year and in February 1862, two more companies.  The 1st Battalion Artillery was then reorganized as the 1st Regiment, South Carolina Artillery on March 25, 1862. Many of the officers and soldiers were from the Charleston area. The regiment surrendered on April 26, 1865 at Durham Station, North Carolina with the Army of Tennessee.

From the late William A. Turner collection.  [jet] [PH:L]

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