[CIVIL WAR]. Composite photograph of Illinois soldiers from the 4th Cavalry, Company I, and 23rd Infantry.

13 x 19 3/4 in. wooden frame containing 61 photos (58 gem tintype which includes 1 partial photo and 3 CDVs, plus 3 blank/missing photo spots) of which 49 are identified and approx. 25 appear to be in uniform. Each of the gem photos measures approx. 1 1/4 x 2 in., and they are grouped in eight rows with eight photos to a row, totaling 64 photo spots (in addition to 3 missing photos several identifications are missing, some of the photos show wear, based on its backing the composite appears to have undergone some recent restoration). A quite unusual grouping possibly compiled by an Illinois soldier who wanted to honor his comrades that served with the 4th Illinois Cavalry, which fought with General Grant at Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, and Shiloh.

A list of the individual subjects is as follows:

ROW ONE LEFT TO RIGHT

1. Col. T. Lyle Dickey?, Colonel of 4th Illinois

2. Officer Photo

3. Officer Photo

4. Capt. Harry D. Cook, Company G, 4th Illinois

5. Capt. John F. Wallace, Comps ECD, 4th Illinois

6. Capt. Franklin Fisk, Company H, 4th Ill (no photo)

7. Capt. Henry L. Merriman, 4th Ill (no photo)

8. Lt. Col Samuel Simison, 23rd Illinois

ROW TWO LEFT TO RIGHT

1. Officer Photo

2. Officer Photo

3. lst Lt Harry B. Dox, 4th Illinois

4. Lt. Albert S Kinslow, 23rd Ill

5. lst Lt. John H. Parker, 4th Ill

6. Alonzo D. Allen, Corp. Co. I/B

7. Phineas O. Avery, Corp. Co. I

8. Ira Allen, Private Co. I

ROW THREE LEFT TO RIGHT

1. Enlisted Soldier Photo

2. Robert Boston, Sgt Co. I

3. William Boston, Wagoner Co. I/B

4. Dwight A. Brown, Private Co. M/B

5. Joseph Carter, Sgt. Co. I

6. Charles S. Graff, Sgt. Co I.

7. Enlisted Soldier Photo

8. Enlisted Soldier Photo

ROW FOUR LEFT TO RIGHT

1. Enlisted Soldier Photo

2. Herbert H. Hyde, Private Co. I/B

3. Myron Hare, Sgt. Co. I/B

4. Jeremiah Hough, Private Co. I

5. William Hunter, Private Co. I

6. Enoch Hunter, Private Co. I

7. Otis Halsted, Company I

8. Augustus Jagott, Private Co. I/B

ROW FIVE LEFT TO RIGHT

1. Enlisted Soldier Photo

2. Arthur Kavanaugh, Private Co. I

3. Ernst (Ernest) Kaminke, Private Co. I

4. Frederick Lehman(n), Com. Sgt HQ

5. John Lansing, Private Co. I

6. Hiram Molton Corp. Co. I

7. Mathew Movern, Private Co. I

8. Charles Munnikhuizen, Corp. Co I

ROW SIX LEFT TO RIGHT

1. Miller

2. 2nd Lt. Andrew J. Norton, Co. I/B

3. Alexander H. Norton, Sgt. Co. I

4. Daniel M. Nettleton, Corp. Co. I

5. Norman H. Powers, Sgt. Co. I.

6. Henry M. Preston, Private Co. I

7. George A. Phillips, Pvt Co. I/D

8. John Wm. Phillips, Pvt Co. I/D-partial photo

ROW SEVEN LEFT TO RIGHT

1. Alvin C. Rosenkrans, Private Co. I

2. Edward H. Simison, lst Sgt. Co. I

3. Jacob Stevens, Blacksmith Co. I

4. Silas B. Stevens, Private Co. I

5. Levi Stanley, Private Co. I

6. Andrew J. Signor, Private Co. I/B

7. Boyd D. Simison, Private Co. I

8. George M. Toothill, Sgt. Co. I

ROW EIGHT LEFT TO RIGHT

1. Enlisted Soldier Photo

2. William H. Warren, Corp. Co. I

3. Captain Henry Clay Dashiell, Co. K

4. Robert J. Brayton, Sgt. Co. K

5. Enlisted Soldier Photo

6. Photo Missing

7. Enlisted Soldier Photo

8. Enlisted Soldier Photo