CAPTAIN WILLIAM TEMPLE, KIA CHANCELLORSVILLE
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Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Half view seated pose. Backmark: J.W. Black, Boston. Period ink inscription on the verso, "Captain William Temple, killed at the battle of Chancellorsville in May 1863." There is some minor chipping to image paper at upper right edge. Very sharp image. Comes with the original cdv album page with ink ID, "Captain William Temple, 17th Regular Infantry, Fell at Chancellorsville, Va., May 1863." [Captain Temple was appointed captain, 17th U.S. Infantry, on Aug. 5, 1861. He was killed in action on May 1, 1863, at the battle of Chancellorsville]. The ID was written in the hand of the famous French Count Agenor de Gasparin (1810-71) whose album this came from. Gasparin was a politician, author, lawyer and humanitarian who championed the abolition of slavery. His book, "The Uprising of a Great People: The United States in 1861," was received as a vital moral builder for Union sympathizers. Gasparin associated himself with many Union leaders on his visits to the U.S. and he held a passionate belief in President Abraham Lincoln and the Union cause. Scarce.
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