Comments on: Following a CDV

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 01:37:41 +0000

Thanks for the additions, John. And for poking me about the speech. His paper Campaigning with the Sixth Maine is, thankfully, online in the Internet Archive's text collection.

By: John Hjalmarson

John Hjalmarson — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 23:06:26 +0000

My Great Aunt’s first husband served with the 6th Maine and was killed at the stone wall on May 3, 1863. His name was Sewall Gray, and he was a class mate of Charles Clark at Foxcroft Academy. Sewall Gray was promoted through the ranks and was a Captain when he was killed. Clark mentions him in a speech he made. For your information the diary of Captain Clark is now featured in a book about Fredricksburg. The book was published by Central Virginia Battlefields Trust.

By: Andrea Solarz

Andrea Solarz — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:46:44 +0000

Thanks for the very nice summary of my great-great-grandfather’s life! He was a wonderful man, as you can see. FYI, to give you a little back story — the picture of Charles that you have posted here is one that I cropped from a print of the “3 brothers” CDV and posted several years ago on the American Civil War Research Database (a terrific resource!); it was then apparently “lifted” by someone else and posted on the find-a-grave website without attribution (such is life on the web…). BTW, I was later lucky enough to acquire on eBay an original CDV of Charles taken at the same sitting that is of him alone. As Ron noted, the reason that we can date the photos is because Charles mentioned in his diary that they all went to Brady’s on that date (the brothers were very close and made an effort to see each other when circumstances would allow it).

I appreciate your interest in my ancestor!

Regards,

Andrea S.

P.S. A brief correction: It was Charles’ brother James who didn’t survive the war (dying of wounds suffered at Petersburg); although Frank was also wounded during the War, his wounds were not mortal (you may have taken this from erroneous info that I posted on the First Maine Heavy Artillery guestbook in 2000 when I was just beginning my research and hadn’t yet gotten to “know” all of the brothers). FYI, the order of the brothers, from oldest to youngest, was Whiting, James, Charles, Frank (they also had younger siblings, but these four were the ones who served in the War).

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:53:59 +0000

Thanks for adding that Ron – and for stopping in. I’ve been enjoying your work.

By: Ron Coddington

Ron Coddington — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 02:52:07 +0000

Enjoyed reading the additional information about Charles Armory Clark. The image you feature on your post is cropped from the original of the three brothers. According to Charles’ diary, the photograph was taken at Brady’s studio on April 27, 1863 — a week before he was involved in the engagement at Brooks’ Ford that later resulted in his being awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.