June 1863 after
Header Record
Title: Cartes de visite of officers (mostly white) of 59th US Colored Infantry
After June 1863, when the regiment was organized in LaGrange, Tenn. The photographs were originally in a photo album. The 59th was originally called the 1st US Tennessee Vols. (African Descent) and 1st West Tenn. Inf. Regt (African Descent). Some of the photographs are signed with homes noted. (The Grant photograph dates from 1864, perhaps when the album was collected.)
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