American Historical Ephemera and Photography Featuring the Civil War and American Militaria Collection of Bruce B. Hermann

2 1/8 x 3 1/2 in. CDV on cardstock mount (significant spotting throughout, with surface soiling and wear to edges and corners). 2-cent revenue stamp affixed to verso with initials and date, "L J S / 186[5?]," inked over it. Seated portrait of a provost guard wearing knee-length leather boots and a XX Army Corps provost guard badge, similar to that featured in Lot 409. His sleeves feature two rows of braiding, likely veteran's stripes. His late-war headgear bears what appears to be a small company letter, though it is indecipherable. 

Not all provost guards wore distinctive insignia nor was there ever any specific regulation provost guard uniform. The XX Corps seems to be unique in that all of the aforementioned badges are based around the star associated with that corps. The XX Corps was formed by order of General Sherman on 4 April 1864 by consolidation of the war-weary XI and XII Corps and contained both eastern and western troops.