Civil War Original Period Items

ID'ed Civil War CDV (Oct. 20,1863), 35th Mass. Vol. INF, Benj. Greeley POW

ID'ed Civil War CDV (Oct. 20,1863), 35th Mass. Vol. INF, Benj. Greeley POW
ID'ed Civil War CDV (Oct. 20,1863), 35th Mass. Vol. INF, Benj. Greeley POW
ID'ed Civil War CDV (Oct. 20,1863), 35th Mass. Vol. INF, Benj. Greeley POW
ID'ed Civil War CDV (Oct. 20,1863), 35th Mass. Vol. INF, Benj. Greeley POW
ID'ed Civil War CDV (Oct. 20,1863), 35th Mass. Vol. INF, Benj. Greeley POW
ID'ed Civil War CDV (Oct. 20,1863), 35th Mass. Vol. INF, Benj. Greeley POW

ID'ed Civil War CDV (Oct. 20,1863), 35th Mass. Vol. INF, Benj. Greeley POW

An identified Massachusetts Civil War soldier. Benjamin Greeley of the 35th Mass. The CDV has an Applegate 10 and 12 W. Backmark with the date in period pencil Oct. Also includes an internet printout of dates & events from Greeleys war diary.

6, 1862, sworn in Aug. 35th was at South Mountain and Antietam. 9th, 1863 to Newport News, Va. And sent to Kentucky w/ 9th corps.

At Mount Stirling, Lancaster and Stanford. Then sent to Vicksburg, Miss. After surrender, by boat and train to Cincinnati arriving 14 Aug. Clerk at Mossy Creek, East Tenn. 1864, with Cavalry corps, Army of Ohio Brig.

Taken prisoner by rebs Jan. Taken to Belle Isle, Richmond, Va. Put on Flag of Truce boat, Mar.

Side & taken past Fortress Monroe. After prison camp he was a clerk at HQ, Camp Parole, Annapolis, Md.

Til June 1,1864, rejoined regiment. Regiment fought at the Crater and Weldon R. 19, 1864 turned 24 years old.
ID'ed Civil War CDV (Oct. 20,1863), 35th Mass. Vol. INF, Benj. Greeley POW