Raynors HCA 2018-10
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/20/2018
Signed Photo “J’ohnny Clem’, 1863”, Carte de visite of Clem, in uniform, c. 1863, Bakers backmark, very good condition. the signature appears to have been ‘overwritten’. John Lincoln Clem (1851-1937) was a United States Army general who served as a drummer boy in the Union Army in the American Civil War. He gained fame for his bravery on the battlefield, becoming the youngest noncommissioned officer in Army history. He retired from the U.S. Army in 1915, having attained the rank of brigadier general in the Quartermaster Corps; he was the last veteran of the American Civil War still on duty in the U.S. Armed Forces. By special act of Congress on August 29, 1916, he was promoted to major general one year after his retirement.
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