behind AotW

Here’s young Private Albert George of Cadiz, OH.

He enlisted in the 30th Ohio Infantry in October 1861 at age 18 and probably had his picture taken (hand-colored tintype) in uniform soon afterward.

I’d guess he was about 16 in that earlier carte-de-vistite (CDV).

Sadly his young life ended at Antietam on 17 September 1862.

Both of his pictures are online from the Ohio History Connection (formerly Ohio Historical Society).