Civil War Colonel J. C. Smith, 96th Illinois signed CDV

  

Here is a crisp CDV portrait of John Corson Smith, autographed below. Verso with inked Illinois address, which also appears to be written in Smith's hand. Bonsall, 14th Army Corps Photographer, Cincinnati, Ohio. Toning to photograph, few light spots, corners of mount rounded. This view shows a bewhiskered Smith wearing the eagle boards of a full Colonel, this occurring on February 20th 1865 when Smith was brevetted that rank.

Entering service as the Major of the 96th with staff duty as Brigade Provost, Smith later became the regiments' Lt. Colonel serving in that capacity during Chickamauga and the Atlanta campaign. The item "Civil War Colonel J. Smith, 96th Illinois signed CDV" is in sale since Tuesday, March 15, 2016. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Militaria\Civil War (1861-65)\Original Period Items\Photographs". The seller is "historycomesalive" and is located in Windham, Maine. This item can be shipped to United States, to Canada, to United Kingdom, DK, RO, SK, BG, CZ, FI, HU, LV, LT, MT, EE, to Australia, GR, PT, CY, SI, to Japan, to China, SE, KR, ID, to Taiwan, TH, to Belgium, to France, to Hong Kong, to Ireland, to Netherlands, PL, to Spain, to Italy, to Germany, to Austria, RU, IL, to Mexico, to New Zealand, SG, to Switzerland, NO, SA, AE, QA, KW, BH, HR, MY, CL, CO, CR, DO, PA, TT, GT, SV, HN, JM.