Circa 1904 Giers photograph of Confederate Veterans of Company B, Nashville, Tennessee. Among the more than 100 former CSA soldiers pictured are Captain Mark S. Cockrill, Lt. William Aimison, Lt. M.M. Barnes, Lt. Howlette, Quartermaster Spencer Eakin, Chaplain M.B. Pilcher, Surgeon R. J. Neil, and one African-American, Monroe Gooch, who served as a Confederate cook for an officer in the Confederate Army of Middle Tennessee Infantry, which eventually merged into the Confederate Army of Tennessee, under the command of General Braxton Braggs. 17 1/2" x 14 5/8" image. Together with a souvenir ribbon, programme, and souvenir railroad ticket for the United Confederate Veterans Reunion held in Nashville on June 14-16, 1904. Provenance: the estate of Giers descendant Sarah Hunter Hicks Green, formerly of Historic Devon Farm, Nashville, Tennessee. (Higher-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com)
Condition
Image in fair condition with considerable toning and some grime, 6" scratch at left corner. Border in poor condition with nearly all of the left side missing, and large losses to remaining border. Reunion ephemera worn with some handling grime.