[CIVIL WAR]. Charcoal portrait of a 140th New York Volunteer Infantry soldier.

13 1/2 x 16 1/2 in. (visible) charcoal portrait, housed in gilt frame, 22 1/2 x 25 1/2 in. (toning, occasional spotting). 

A standing portrait of a 140th New York Volunteer posed before a painted backdrop depicting a Civil War camp scene. The 140th New York was organized in Rochester and mustered in for three years service in September 1862. From January 1864 they wore the Zouave uniform, as illustrated by the subject shown in the portrait offered here. The regiment participated in several significant battles throughout the war, including Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg, where the unit saw heavy action at Little Round Top, Wilderness, Cold Harbor, Siege of Petersburg, and the Appomattox Campaign.