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THB[CIVIL WAR] Ten Suvivors of Co. A, Purnell's Legion, 1901
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Ten of the Surviving Members of Co. "A," Purnell Legion, Md. Vols., also Qr.Master Graham and Comfort Peregoy. Indoor Studio View. Washington, D.C.: 9 October 1901. Albumen Visible 19 5/8 in. x 15 5/8 in., framed to 24 1/2 in. x 20 5/8 in.
A large studio view, depicting a reunion between 10 surviving members of Company "A" of the Purnell Legion. The veterans are shown seated and standing, all dressed in formal attire. Alongside these men, as indicated in the title, there is also a 13-year-old boy, Comfort T. Peregoy, and Quarter Master Graham.
The image bears numerous period ink signatures on the mount recto, as follows: J. Graham, George W. Ningardt, George W. Brown, Charles Smith, Albert A. Murray, Fred Fieldhouse, John F. Reinicker, George D. Armiger, David Herring, Isaac C. Peregoy, and Comfort T. Peregoy, Isaac's 13-year-old son.
The Purnell Legion was a Union unit from Maryland formed in 1861 and named for Colonel Benjamin Purnell, notable for combining infantry, cavalry, and artillery within a single legion. Rather than fighting as a unified force at major battles like the Battle of Gettysburg, its most important service came in defending Maryland—especially Baltimore—and protecting railroads, supply lines, and the Eastern Shore from Confederate raids. By helping secure this crucial border state for the Union, the legion played a strategically significant, if less famous, role in the Civil War before its components were later reorganized into separate units.
Company A was assigned to duty on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, where it rendered effective service, and later carried out additional assignments in St. Mary’s County, Maryland. The company is perhaps best known for its efforts in the campaign and battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, from July 1–3, 1863. It remained in service until being honorably mustered out on July 28, 1865.
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[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]
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