[CIVIL WAR] California Hundred Archive: Identified 2nd Mass. Cavalry Combat Casualty & Officer Lot

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Jun 20, 2026

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This sale features an extensive catalog of Civil War photographs that were acquired, curated, and researched by seminal collector, Rick Carlile. Fleischer's Auctions info@fleischersauctions.com

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• Lot Description

  This 6-piece collection of CDVs is a top-shelf assembly of cavalry portraiture, featuring several of the most influential and tragic figures of the Massachusetts mounted leadership. The lot includes:

   

  1. Captain Charles Eisendrott: Vignette bust portrait albumen CDV. New York: Mathew Brady, [ca. 1864]. Captures the commander in the 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry, California Battalion, who was killed in action at Halltown, Virginia, on August 25, 1864.

   

  2. 2nd Lieutenant R.M. Parker: Three-quarter length seated study albumen CDV. Philadelphia: F. Gutekunst, [ca. 1864]. Eventually served as a white officer leading the elite 5th Massachusetts Cavalry, the state's premier African American mounted command, during the grueling siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond.

   

  3. Henry G. Burlingham: Full-length seated study with saber albumen CDV. Boston Harbor: A.K. Josselyn, Gallop's Island, [ca. 1863]. A rare and striking portrait of a Company A, 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry trooper in full mounted gear.

   

  4. Unidentified 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry Officer: Full-length standing study albumen CDV. Washington, D.C.: Mathew Brady, [ca. 1863]. A superb, crisp uniform study of a dashing line officer attributed to Company F.

   

  5. Captain Archibald McKendry: Vignette bust portrait albumen CDV. Boston: J.W. Black, [ca. 1863]. A resolute study of one of the original vanguard officers of the legendary "California Hundred" (Company A) who survived years of hard campaigning against Mosby’s Rangers and Early's army to later achieve a post-war brevet promotion to Major.

   

  6. Henry Sherwin: Vignette bust portrait albumen CDV. Boston: Whipple, [ca. 1863]. Features a handsome portrait of a Company A, 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry volunteer, bearing period pencil identification on the reverse alongside a collector attribution to the California Hundred.

   

  This lot combines top-tier gallery provenance from Brady and Black with a diverse roster of West Coast and emergency volunteers, including a notable valley campaign casualty, making it a key acquisition for any collection focused on the elite cavalry commands of Union military history.

   

  [Photography, Early Photography, Historic Photography, Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes, Tintypes, Cased Images, Union Cases, Albumen Photographs, CDVs, Carte de Visites, Cartes de Visite, Carte-de-visite, Cartes-de-visite, CDV, Cabinet Cards, Stereoviews, Stereocards, Stereographs] [Civil War, Union, Confederate]

   

  Condition

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  Very good to fine overall. The albumen prints exhibit excellent clarity, contrast, and bold tones. The mounts remain structurally sound, square, and unclipped, showing only minor, age-appropriate light toning and nominal handling wear.

• Provenance

  Rick Carlile collection. 

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