Item No. 9180887

This CDV features a ¾ standing view of First Lieutenant Henry J. Northrup. It is signed in period ink on the reverse, “Truly Yours / Henry J. Northrup.” Northrup enlisted as a private in the 118th New York in August 1862. He was promoted quartermaster sergeant later that month. In January 1864 he was promoted second lieutenant, and first lieutenant/adjutant in August of that year.

In the image, Northrup wears the shoulder straps of a first lieutenant and displays an 18th Corps badge on his breast. It is likely, then, that the image was made after Northrup’s promotion to first lieutenant in August 1864, and before the 118th’s transfer to the 24th Corps in December 1864.

On the reverse is the backmark of photographer H. S. Tousley of Keesville, New York. Really nice condition on this carte. Measures about 2 1/2” x 4”.