Group of 15 images, including 14 CDVs of Union officers and enlisted men, many identified. Subjects include: Philip Henry Sheridan. Washington, DC: Brady & Co. -- Samuel D. Sturgis. New York: E. & H.T. Anthony (Brady negative). -- Gouverneur K. Warren. New York: Brady. -- John Pope (after lithograph/engraving). Uncredited. -- Oliver O. Howard (after lithograph/engraving). Uncredited. -- Joseph Reynolds. Nashville, TN: A.S. Morse, Dept. of the Cumberland, Branch of Hd. Qrs. -- Henry B. Carrington. Indianapolis, IN: G.W. Apple. -- William T. Sherman (after lithograph/engraving). Uncredited. -- Alfred Terry (likely after lithograph/engraving). New York: E. & H.T. Anthony (mount and print heavily trimmed). -- George G. Meade (after lithograph/engraving). Uncredited. -- W.W. Braden, Captain, Co. K, 6th Minnesota Infantry. St. Paul, MN: Whitney's Gallery. Verso inscribed or signed by subject, "W.W. Braden, Capt., Co. K, 6th Minn. Infty., Ft. Snelling, Minna., Nov. 10th, 1863." -- Unidentified sergeant with modern penciled notation on verso, "Powder River Dept. of Dakota, 6th Michigan Cav." Uncredited (mount and print trimmed). -- Young man signed in period ink in lower margin, "Yours Truly, M.J. Foley." Yankton, DT: S.J. Morrow. Modern penciled notation on verso (toning and some soiling to print and mount, chipping to edges and corners, some residue on verso). -- Benjamin Franklin, identified on verso as "The Unfortunate Soldier," shown with all four limbs amputated, standing with crutches and wearing civilian clothing (mount and print trimmed). Printed story on verso provides details about the subject, who "lost all his limbs by freezing while crossing the Plains from Fort Wadsworth, Dakota Territory, to Fort Ridgley, Minnesota..." Benjamin Franklin Work, the given name of the man featured in this CDV, enlisted in Company F, 13th Iowa Volunteer Infantry, in December of 1861, and began serving in February of 1862. Work was wounded during the Battle of Shiloh in April of 1862, and was listed as a deserter shortly thereafter along with another Iowan soldier. Though it is unclear what exact path Work took between the time of his desertion and December of 1862, records indicate that he enlisted that month in Company L of the 1st Minnesota Mounted Rangers as "Benjamin Franklin." The following year, he joined the rising 2nd Minnesota Cavalry, the regiment in which he conducted patrols in parts of Minnesota and South Dakota. It is during his service in this region that Franklin experienced the nearly fatal freezing episode that led to the amputation of all four limbs and his eventual designation as an "unfortunate soldier." (Information obtained from https://www.cross-countiesconnect.com/2016/05/gravestone-honor-for-benjamin-franklin-just-not-that-benjamin/).

Also enclosed is a CDV-sized tintype (approx. 3 3/8 x 2 3/8 in.) of two soldiers posed in a studio setting with long guns, each wearing caps with crossed rifle insignia over "D" or "DC."

Together, 15 images. Conditions generally good, with toning, occasional soiling, edge and corner wear to mounts.