CIVIL Wars Only Man Who Served In Csa / Union Army & Union Navy Stereoview Photo

CIVIL WAR'S ONLY MAN WHO SERVED IN CONFEDERATE & UNION ARMY and UNION NAVY - STEREOVIEW PHOTO c1862. CIVIL WAR'S ONLY MAN WHO SERVED IN THE CONFEDERATE & UNION ARMY and UNION NAVY - STEREOVIEW PHOTO c1862. Explorer, journalist, soldier, colonial administrator, author and politician who was famous for his exploration of Central Africa and his search for missionary and explorer David Livingstone. After emigrating to the United States in 1859 he reluctantly joined in the American Civil War. 1st enrolling in the Confederate States Army's 6th Arkansas Infantry Regiment and fighting in the Battle of Shiloh in 1862.

After being taken prisoner at Shiloh, he was recruited at Camp Douglas, Illinois, by its commander Colonel James A. Mulligan as a Galvanized Yankee. He joined the Union Army on 4 June 1862 but was discharged 18 days later because of severe illness. He became a record keeper on board the USS Minnesota, and participated in the First Battle of Fort Fisher and the Second Battle of Fort Fisher, which led him into freelance journalism.

In search of greater adventures. Stanley was possibly the only man to serve in the. Confederate Army, the Union Army, and the Union Navy. SHARP FOCUS AND VERY GOOD CONTRAST. VERY LIGHTLY PENCILED ARCHIVE CATALOG NUMBERING ON THE REVERSE. OUTSIDE DIMENSIONS: W 6 7/8" x H 3 3/8". THIS IS NOT A COPY OR REPRODUCTION.

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