$2,726
Two Quarter Plate Tintypes of a Standing Soldier and Dog, and Two Seated Soldiers, in a black "Sir Roger deCoverly and the Gypsies" (Krainik 29) Union case, (case rub on standing soldier image). Note: The name "Chas N. Freeman Brookfield Vermont" is inscribed on paper behind the standing figure. Charles N. Freeman was born November 9, 1834 in Brookfield, Vermont, and later when employed at Ashburnham, Massachusetts, he enlisted and served in the Civil War in the Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Heavy Artillery. After the war he lived in Claremont, New Hampshire where he was a contractor and builder, and later, a manufacturer of interior finish. In 1887 he was a representative from Claremont serving on the Committee of Labor. He was also a deacon for 39 years at the Baptist church. He died August 2, 1919. According to a note and a copy of a newspaper article accompanying the tintypes, the soldier seated on the left of the double portrait may possibly be Henry Wiggins, who was born in Keene, New York. When he was 18 he worked as a farm hand on the nearby farm of abolitionist John Brown. In 1860, Henry moved to Chicopee, Massachusetts where he married Minnie Thayer in 1864 and enlisted in Company E of the 10th Massachusetts Regiment. He was wounded at Fair Oaks, Gettysburg, and discharged September 21, 1865. He later worked in photography and as a barber.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-11-05
