CARTE DE VISTE OF PRIVATE SKILLMAN 75TH O.V.I.

A NICE CLEAN IMAGE MARKED ON THE BACK SIDE FROM CINCINNATI OF PRIVATE JAMES SKILLMAN IN STREET CLOTHES WHO SERVED AS A CINCINNATI SQUIRREL HUNTERS UNIT DURING THE SEIGE OF CINCINNATI DURING THE FALL OF 1862. THESE LOCAL BOYS WERE PUT ON DEFENSE TO PROTECT CINCINNATI FROM CONFERERATE GENERAL KIRBY SMITH. DISCHARGED BY THE GOVERNOR LATER IN THE MONTH. HE RE-INLISTED IN THE 75TH OHIO . DISCHARGED 11/22/1864. FOUGHT IN THE BATTLES OF BULL RUN, CHANCELLORSVILLE, GETTYSBURG AND FORT WAGNER. A GREAT LOCAL PIECE FROM A SMALL AUCTION HERE IN CINCINNATI. MANY OF THESE SOLDIERS WHO WERE ASKED TO DEFEND CINCINNATI SHOWED UP IN STREET CLOTHES AND OVER-ALLS AND HUNTING GUNS . THEY WERE KNOWN BY THE CONFEDERATES TO ONLY NEED ONE SHOT . A TOTAL OF 12 PHOTOGRAPHER SHOPS TOOK MANY PHOTOS OF THEM AS THEY CAME INTO THE CITY TO SIGN UP TO DEFEND THE CITY IN 1862

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