Civil War 21st Mass Vols Veteran CDV Photograph

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Civil War 21st Mass Vols Veteran CDV Photograph:
$6.25

Offered is an original signed CDV photograph of an identified Civil War soldier and veteran.
The sitter is Pvt Nelson Stockwell (1833-1904), who entered service on 23 Aug 1861 with Co G, 21st Massachusetts Volunteers. He mustered out on 27 Mar 1863.
Studio backmark for Irving Gross & Co. of Boston, MA.Note: Card is trimmed at the top
Shipped sandwiched in stiff cardboard via First Class parcel with tracking.

The21st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantrywas aninfantryregimentin theUnion Armyduring theAmerican Civil War. It was organized inWorcester, Massachusettsand mustered into service on August 23, 1861.

After garrison duty at theUnited States Naval AcademyinAnnapolis, Maryland, the regiment served with theCoast Divisioncommanded byMaj. Gen.Ambrose Burnside. The Coast Division was deployed in January 1862 for operations on the coast of North Carolina, and participated in theBattle of Roanoke Islandand theBattle of New Bernamong other engagements. Burnside\'s division was recalled to Virginia in July 1862. The 21st Massachusetts was then attached to theArmy of the Potomacand participated in several of the largest battles of the Civil War, including theSecond Battle of Bull Run, theBattle of Antietam, and theBattle of Fredericksburg. The most devastating engagement of the war for the 21st was theBattle of Chantilly, fought on September 1, 1862, during which the unit suffered 35 percent casualties.From March 1863 to January 1864, the 21st served with Burnside in theDepartment of the Ohio, seeing action in Kentucky and Eastern Tennessee. In May 1864, the regiment rejoined the Army of the Potomac, participating inLt. Gen.Ulysses Grant\'sOverland Campaignand theSiege of Petersburg. The regiment was a favorite ofClara Barton, the famed battlefield nurse, who was also fromWorcester County, Massachusetts.

By the end of its three years of service, the 21st Massachusetts had been reduced from 1,000 men to fewer than 100.Of these losses, 152 were killed in action or died from wounds received in action, approximately 400 were discharged due to wounds, 69 were taken prisoner, and approximately 300 were discharged due to disease, resignation, or desertion.[1]Those of the 21st who chose to re-enlist at the end of their initial three-year commitment were eventually consolidated with the 36th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry on October 21, 1864.