[Civil War veteran First Lieutenant Charles P. Lord of Co. C, 6th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment and Co. F, 8th Maine Infantry Regiment with G.A.R. hat and badge]

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1 photograph : gelatin silver print on card mount ; mount 105 x 63 mm (carte de visite format) + 1 calling card. | Photograph shows identified soldier.

About this photograph

The photograph shows Charles P. Lord, identified as having served as a first lieutenant in Company C of the 6th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment and Company F of the 8th Maine Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. By 1890, when this image was made, he wore the hat and badge of the Grand Army of the Republic rather than his wartime uniform.

The Grand Army of the Republic was the fraternal organisation of Union veterans, founded in 1866. Members wore distinctive regalia to encampments and parades, which accounts for the appearance of elderly veterans in such dress rather than their wartime clothing in later portraits.

The photograph is a gelatin silver print mounted as a carte de visite, a format widely used during and after the Civil War era. The mount measures 105 by 63 millimetres, and an accompanying calling card identifies the subject. The photographer was Levi D. Johnson.

Compiled from the catalogue record and reference notes on the formats and events involved. The archive record above is the primary source.

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