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Item Number: 63371
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A rare offering from our personal Maine accumulation, this signed, CDV card mounted, gem tintype offers an early Civil War image of 6th Maine Infantry Bvt. Brig. General Benjamin F. Harris as Captain and commander of Co. C 6th Maine Volunteer Infantry. Harris is garbed in early full dress Volunteer Militia uniform complete with double breasted frock, epaulettes and French import Mod. 1860 shako fitted with U. S. eagle plate and the telltale numeral 6. The Potters Patent March 1865 card and informal pencil signature without rank would indicate a later Civil War mounting likely for a close friend or family member.
Benjamin Foster Harris was a 29 year old resident of Machias, Maine when he was commissioned July 15,1861 as Captain of Co. C 6th VMM. Listed in Maine at Gettysburg as a participant serving there with the 6th Maine as Lt. Colonel, Harris suffered a severe wounding at Rappahannock Station on November 7,1863 resulting in the amputation of his left leg. Discharged from the 6th for disability on July 19, 1864 he was commissioned into the Veteran Reserve Corps on September 15, 1864 where he would be raised to Brevet Brigadier General before his discharge on March 13, 1865.
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