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Pvt Hiram B. Howard

28 December 2018

Private Hiram B. Howard of the 20th Massachusetts Infantry was wounded in action at Antietam on 17 September 1862 and again, mortally, at Gettysburg on 3 July 1863, dying on the 9th. This carte-de-visite (CDV) of him was sold by Heritage Auctions in 2016.