Civil War Uniforms
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Charles S Emmertons Uniform 2Nd Lieut Shoulder BoardThe following civil war items we are listing separately. Uss constitution centenial ribbon fo the salem zouaves. Emmerton's veterans 23rd mass ribbon. Emmerton's 2nd lieut's shoulder board. This single shouledr board is very likely one of the ones he is wearing on his uniform in the attached photo. Later he was promoted to 1st lieut. Condition is as seen in the photos. Emmerton's salem light infantry belt plate. Emmerton enlisted 4/15/61 as a sargeant and two weeks later was mustered inot i co. He mustered out 8/1/61 at boston. On 12/4/61 he was commissioned into a co, ma 23rd infantry as 2nd lieut. He was wounded at cold harbor va. A company which acquired special distinction by its superiority in the new. Devereux, and went iwth it as sergeant, when it went out as flank-company of the. For the three months' service in april, 1861. In november, 1861, he went out again as 1st. Lieut, of company a, 23d mass. Was on the fields of koanoke and new berne was regimental adjutant in 1862, and that fall became aid-de-camp to gen. This place he held till the general's capture at drury's bluff, and with his successor, gen. Stannard, not only on the brigade staff but as well when gen. Commanded the division beofre petersburg. Mustered out with his regiment at the expiration of their three years' service, he was commissioned to com- mand a company of cavalry, but the chance fro active service being over, he resigned. After the war he tried cultivating long-staple cotton at gordon, florida, but satisfied after two years that further trial meant deeper failure, he left the south and commenced farming in peabody, mass. |
