![]() ![]() In fatigue jacket without insignia - unknown " Osborn." Kellogg & Touchy: NY. ![]() Chamberlain: mate 8/7/63, discharged 7/29/65 " Bennett" in civilian attire - unknown " Harris." William Richardson: Williamsburg, VA. This officer appears to be a third assistant engineer, as the Navy List had four officers so-named, all with same rank - unknown " Chamberlain." Barcalow: NY. ![]() Sailors pictured in the album include enlisted sailor named " White" on album page however on verso the name " Duncan E. Three guns are visible, fore, aft and amidships. The first carte is a detailed copy illustration of an unidentified American steam-sailing warship underway in heavy seas flying the Stars and Stripes. Other than the penciled last names on album pages there is no other writing in album itself. The array of eastern seaboard back marks are indicative of service afloat with the Atlantic blockade. Disproportionate number of engineers in the album contraindicates that these officers and men are from the same ship, while the concentration of technical officers suggests either a shared comradeship by branch of service, or perhaps an unnamed school ship. ![]() Album likely assembled sometime during 1864, as nearly all of the uniformed officers exhibit aspects of rank insignia consistent with the 1864 Regulations. Of the twenty-two images, ten are positively identified by rank, five more are named but not positively identified, three are presumably officers in civilian attire, two other penciled last names are illegible, and the last two are named enlisted sailors. Leather bound album, 3.5 x 5 in., containing a view of an unidentified warship followed by twenty uniformed naval subjects (plus two more in civilian dress), all identified in period pencil by last name only but in the same hand throughout. ![]()
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