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THBRicketts' Battery, 1st Pennsylvania Artillery, Civil War CDV Album, Incl. Gettysburg Participants
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Leather album, 5 x 6 in., with "Album" embossed in gold on spine, containing 20 identified photographs, mostly CDVs, of soldiers from Battery F of the 1st Pennsylvania Artillery, also known as Ricketts' Battery. Several of the soldiers are pictured wearing their uniforms and kepis. Many of the cartes bear backmarks for Pennsylvania photographers, including D.C. Burnite & Co., Harrisburg; T.J. Trapp, Williamsport; Nice & Dorey, Jersey Shore; J.P. Leisenring, Danville; J.W. Miller, Pittston; A.M. Allen, Pottsville; Harmany & Eberman, Lancaster; R.M. Tudor, Philadelphia; Chas. G. Crane, Philadelphia; L. Horning, Philadelphia; and Richards, Philadelphia; while the 5 tintypes included in the album are uncredited. A couple of the photographs are signed, and all have period and/or modern verso inscriptions identifying the subjects, from which some details below were obtained.
Album includes 9 photographs of soldiers from Ricketts' Battery who were present with the unit at the Battle of Gettysburg, including: Brevet Captain Charles B. Brockway, enlisted as Sgt., 4/21/1861, promoted to 2nd Lt., 2/28/1862, listed as POW at 2nd Bull Run, VA on 8/30/1862, promoted to 1st Lt., 3/16/1863, Capt., 11/30/1864, and Bvt. Capt., 3/13/1865 (autographed on image); 2nd Lieutenant Frank P. Brockway, enlisted as Pvt, 1/1/1862, and promoted to 2nd Lt., 12/21/1864; Private Thomas E. Frame, enlisted as Pvt., 7/8/1861; 2nd Lieutenant Francis H. Snider, enlisted as Pvt., 7/8/1861, listed as wounded on 11/26/1863, promoted to 2nd Lt., 1/31/1864, and discharged, 10/8/1864; Private William H. Frederick, enlisted as Pvt, 7/8/1861 (tintype); Quarter Master Sergeant Stephen E. Ridgway, enlisted as Q.M.S., 12/30/1861; Private Samuel C. Torbett, enlisted as Pvt., 7/8/1861; Private Henry C. McClintock, enlisted as Pvt., 7/8/1861; and Private Levi Bowers, enlisted as Pvt., 7/8/1861, and re-enlisted 11/22/1863 (2-cent revenue stamp affixed to verso).
Album also features soldiers from Ricketts' Battery not listed as being with the unit at Gettysburg, including: Private Hiram M. Pidcoe, enlisted as Pvt., 11/24/1863; Private John W. Bullock, enlisted as Pvt., 11/24/1862, re-enlisted, 3/28/1864, and promoted to Cpl., date unknown; Private George W. Ackerman, enlisted as Pvt., 2/6/1864 (tintype); Private Henry J. Carson, enlisted as Pvt., 7/11/1861 (autographed on verso, with 2-cent revenue stamp affixed to verso); Private William Pinkerton, enlisted as Pvt., 9/13/1861; Corporal William Umberhower, enlisted as Pvt., 7/20/1861, and promoted to Corpl., date unknown; Corporal Albert Herbine, enlisted as Cpl., 8/5/1861; Sergeant Charles G. Matthews, enlisted as Sgt., 1/21/1864 (tintype); Corporal Ephriam Berger, enlisted as Cpl., 12/23/1864, and re-enlisted, 12/24/1863 (tintype); Private Charles Shipman, enlisted as Pvt., 7/8/1861; and Private John Marquet, enlisted as Pvt., 2/2/1864 (tintype).
Ricketts' Battery was named after Robert Bruce Ricketts (1839-1918), who served as an artillery officer with the 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery during the Civil War. The regiment was organized in 1861, with Ricketts joining in July of that year, and being promoted within Battery F to 1st Lieutenant shortly thereafter. Battery F saw action at Dranesville, embarked on a reconnaissance mission (led by Ricketts) to Rappahannock Station, VA, participated in a campaign culminating in the Second Battle of Bull Run, and joined in numerous other battles including Cedar Mountain, Antietam, and most notably, Gettysburg. Ricketts was promoted to Captain in March of 1863, and weeks before action at Gettysburg, Battery G was attached to his own Battery F. Ricketts and his men moved along Taneytown Road to replace Battery B, led by James H. Cooper, on East Cemetery Hill on July 2. That night, two Confederate brigades attacked the hill, breaking through the defensive line below, and moving up the hill to engage in hand-to-hand combat with Ricketts' soldiers. Though eventually the 2nd Corps Brigade of Colonel Samuel S. Carroll came to reinforce Ricketts' position and push the Confederates back, the battery suffered important losses, but stood their ground, allegedly shouting, "Death on our own State soil, rather than give the enemy our guns." Today a monument commemorates Ricketts' Battery and their valiant efforts on East Cemetery Hill. Ricketts and his men continued their participation in notable Civil War engagements including the Second Battle of Auburn, the Battle of the Wilderness, the Second Battle of Petersburg, the Second Battle of Deep Bottom, and others. Ricketts himself was eventually promoted to Colonel in March of 1865.
Photographs with some soiling, fading, and discoloration, including wear to edges and corners of mounts. Album covers with wear at edges and corners, and pages with some discoloration.Condition
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