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Your Price: $ 1750.00
Item Number: 63553
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Best described here by our photographs as to condition and eye appeal, this important grouping was acquired by us several years ago when it surfaced intact from a Rhode Island estate and will come with our letter of provenance. The group includes Bvt. Brig. General James Shaw Jr.’s ninth plate daguerreotype portrait, illustrated here alongside a period CDV image for comparison, (See also Roger Hunt’s Brevet Brigadier Generals in Blue, p. 549, and Findagrave.com.) his ‘Christian’s Pocket Book’ carried while serving as Colonel of the 10th Rhode Island, and U.S. staff officer’s button. As his earlier staff buttons would have been Rhode Island state buttons this offering is thought to be a remnant of Shaw’s later Federal service with the 7th U.S. Colored Troops.
Most noted for commanding the hard fought 7th U.S. Colored Troops, the Rhode Island native, James Shaw Jr. served as Colonel of the 10th Rhode Island Infantry, then as Lieutenant Colonel of the 12th Rhode Island Infantry, before assuming command of the 7th USCT. He later led the First Brigade, Second Division, XXV Corps, the only all Black corps in U.S. history. Brevetted Brigadier General for ‘meritorious services during the war’, Shaw was also instrumental in shaping the Grand Army of the Republic’s rules, regulations, and rituals adopted in 1869. A fuller appreciation of Shaw’s extensive Civil War service—and of the historical significance of the 7th U.S. Colored Troops—may be quickly obtained through any modern AI or archival search.Buy with confidence! We are pleased to offer a no questions asked three day inspection with return as purchased on direct sales! Just send us a courtesy e-mail to let us know your item will be returned per these provisions and your purchase price will be refunded accordingly. Thanks for visiting Gunsight Antiques!
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