Ingraham was sergeant major at muster in August of 1862, wounded at Snaggy Point, La., and was the son of Colonel Timothy Ingraham.
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CDV Signed By 2nd Lieutenant Timothy Ingraham Jr. 38th Mass Infantry. Timothy Ingraham, Jr., son of Colonel (later Brevet BG) Timothy Ingraham, from New Bedford, Ma., enlisted as sergeant major on August 26, 1862, and mustered out on July 12, 1865.
During the war, Ingraham had been wounded on April 13, 1864, at Snaggy Point, Red River, Louisiana, and later held the rank of both 2nd and 1st lieutenant in Co. H.
Signed on the reverse, “T. Ingraham Jr. / 2nd Lieut. Co. D. / 38th Regt. Mass. Vol.”
No backmark, but likely taken in January of 1863 in Louisiana.
This regiment was raised in the Boston area and south into Plymouth and Bristol counties. They were part of the Banks Expedition to Louisiana, took part in the Siege of Port Hudson. In the first assault the regiment had two enlisted men, and Lt.Col. William Rodman killed, with 14 wounded. On the second assault the 38th lost 7 killed and 84 wounded.
In March of 1864 the 38th began its part of the Red River Expedition under General Banks. The 19th Corps was transferred back to the east, and assigned to the Army of the Shenandoah, and took part in the battles of Winchester, Fishers Hill, and Cedar Creek having well over 100 casualties in a month’s time.
There remaining service was in North Carolina, guarding Sherman’s Army supplies, and confederate prisoners and moved to Savannah, Ga. until finally shipped home to Boston, arriving there in July of 1865.
Very good condition.
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