1860s Civil War Soldier Family Photo Album Of Captain Elson M. Misner
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Bed 1860s Civil War Soldier Family Photo Album Of Elson M. Misner
This is a beautiful piece in excellent condition! Featuring photos of Elson M. Misner, his wife Cinderella Search Misner, and their children.
Also features photo of another Civil War soldier, Sylvester Near, and several from the Near family.
Includes two photos, one of W.D.L. Robbins who Elson labels as his teacher, as well as his wife Amelia M. Robbins. Amelia was a poet, who had a book of her poetry published... in 1888.
There is a George Washington 2 cent blue stamp on the back of Elson Misner’s photograph.
Altogether there are 21 photos as well as one tintype of Misner and his two children.
Misner was a Civil War soldier and he served two enlistments in the union army. He first enlisted in the 145 volunteers of New York, and received a rank of first lieutenant before being honorably discharged. He went on to volunteer a second time, this time as a private in the 80th New York. He won a captains commission before his second honorable discharge in 1866. Misner fought in the battle of Gettysburg, where he was wounded by a piece of shell to the right breast and left wrist. He fought in a number of other battles during the war, including Chancellorsville, Appomattox, and at Petersburg where he was wounded on April, 2, 1865. After the war, Misner would move to Kansas where he was active and prominent in politics having served four years as assistant superintendent of the state reformatory, as mayor two years in Kingman, Kansas, as clerk of district court offord county and several years as deputy county clerk.
This is a beautiful piece in excellent condition! Featuring photos of Elson M. Misner, his wife Cinderella Search Misner, and their children.
Also features photo of another Civil War soldier, Sylvester Near, and several from the Near family.
Includes two photos, one of W.D.L. Robbins who Elson labels as his teacher, as well as his wife Amelia M. Robbins. Amelia was a poet, who had a book of her poetry published... in 1888.
There is a George Washington 2 cent blue stamp on the back of Elson Misner’s photograph.
Altogether there are 21 photos as well as one tintype of Misner and his two children.
Misner was a Civil War soldier and he served two enlistments in the union army. He first enlisted in the 145 volunteers of New York, and received a rank of first lieutenant before being honorably discharged. He went on to volunteer a second time, this time as a private in the 80th New York. He won a captains commission before his second honorable discharge in 1866. Misner fought in the battle of Gettysburg, where he was wounded by a piece of shell to the right breast and left wrist. He fought in a number of other battles during the war, including Chancellorsville, Appomattox, and at Petersburg where he was wounded on April, 2, 1865. After the war, Misner would move to Kansas where he was active and prominent in politics having served four years as assistant superintendent of the state reformatory, as mayor two years in Kingman, Kansas, as clerk of district court offord county and several years as deputy county clerk.
