2 ID'd Civil War Soldiers John Harbridge D.Co.2nd Ill. Inf.+ His Message to Mom

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More photos below This listing is for a group of 35 photos from a "Harris" family album which includes two Civil War soldier's who are identified as John Harbridge, D Co. with 2nd Illinois Inf. and his best friend, James, W. McA---y? (can't decipher his last name). Harbridge wrote a message to his mother on the back of James photo: Mother, This is my comrad that I went pioneering with, he is one of my best friends. In fact has allways stood by me through thick and thin. Keep this one especially from getting lost and you will greatly oblidge your soldier boy. John Harbridge, D Co. with 2nd Ill. Inf." Both photos were taken by Campbell A. West of Vicksburg, Mississippi. Other people are identified by names written on the page with their photos or on the backs of their photos. Names include:Harriet Harbridge Beach; also a cdv sized paper with the name Harriet Harbridge Beach and "taken Nov. 8, 1872 the day Grant was reelected for President of the U.S.A." Fred and Harry Beach Mrs. E. Carpenter Mrs. Porter, Mrs. E.H. Amet, Katherine M. Amet, Mr. Edward H. Amet Toddler Winnona "Winnie" Smith (to Hattie and Charles) Hobart Wilke, 2 yrs old Daisy Harris by Corry Bushnell, Ellensburg, WA. Sarah Harris by Panneberg and Koppelmann, Chicago Aunt Sue and Uncle Joe Roy (wearing some sort of Lodge uniform?) photo by Post, Denver, CO. Emma Smith (toddler) by Burnett and Slattery, San Francisco Daisy Beach with "normal" friends, by Burnett and Slattery, San Francisco Harris Home in Chicago Tom Howard, by Harvey of Chicago; John Woollacott by Melander Photo, Chicago Little Gardner, 13 mos. by Burnett and Slattery, San Francisco Elliot Brown by Brand Studio Chicago; Minnie Brown by Mosher, Chicago Gardner Beach, 1889 by Taber, San Francisco Allie Howard by Brands Studio Chicago Baby Walkup by Burnett and Slattery, San Francisco Annie Woollacott by Frank Place Gehrig Studio, Chicago Will Howard by Jaeger, Chicago Fred Harris by Maxwell, Spokane, WA interior photo of "dining room in Beach home in Kennewick, could it have been Frank and Daisy Engle's wedding dinner?" Group of women sitting on steps by Mulligan Bros, Columbus, Ohio. (Some names on back but hard to read) No album, just the individual photos and the photos that were in pages. Shipping includes insurance and tracking. Note: I misspelled Harbridge--it's actually "Harbidge" (no "r") Sorry for any confusion. This updated information corrects an error I made in deciphering Harbidge's regiment. I wrote "2nd" instead of "72nd". In Nat'l Parks Service register of Civil War soldiers, John Harbidge is listed as Co D of 72nd Regiment Illinois Infantry. He entered as a private and went out as a Corporal. Film # M539 Roll 37. 72nd Regiment Infantry "Chicago Board of Trade Regiment" Organized at Chicago, II1, and mustered in August 23, 1862. Moved to Cairo, Ill., August 23-24, 1862. Attached to District of Cairo to September, 1862. District of Columbus, Ky., to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 7th Division, Left Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 7th Division, 16th Army Corps, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 7th Division, 17th Army Corps, to May, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 6th Division, 17th Army Corps, to September, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 17th Army Corps, to November, 1864. Unassigned, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to December, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Detachment Army Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland, to February, 1865. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 16th Army Corps (New), Military Division West Mississippi, to August, 1865. SERVICE.--Duty at Cairo, Ill., until September 6, 1862. Moved to Paducah, Ky., September 6, thence to Columbus, Ky., September 17, and duty there until November 21. Expedition from Columbus to Covington, Durhamsville and Fort Randolph September 28-October 5. Expedition to Clarkson, Mo., October 6. Expedition to New Madrid, Mo., October 21... read more

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