1878 OHIO ID*D COMMONWEALTH MINSTERLS 48TH U.S. COLORED TROOPS

A VERY SELDOM SEEN IMAGE OF THE COMMONWEALTH MINSTRELS DATED 1878 FROM ASHTABULA OHIO. WELL DOCUMENTED ON THE BACK WITH TWO SOLDIERS WHO WERE LINKED WITH THE 48TH UC INFANTRY IN 1863-1864 PERIOD. MR. CHARLES LEEK, THE COLORED MAN ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE IMAGE. PERIOD WRITING. A GREAT PERIOD FRAME WITH NEW ACID FREE BACKING... ALL THESE GUYS WOULD HAVE BEEN AT THE AGE OF SERVING IN THE CIVIL WAR. ACCORDING TO THE CIVILWARDATA BASE, ONLY ONE MAN BLACK BY THE NAME OF CHARLES LEEK SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR. A GREAT PERIOD IMAGE OF MUSICIANS. FRESH FROM THE WES COWANS SUMMER AUCTION IN CINCINNATI.

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