CDV – Captain Samuel C. Eaton, 1st New York Vol. Engineers SOLD

Samuel C. Eaton, enlisted as a captain in the 1st New York Engineers  in September of 1861. He remained in service during the entire war. This unit served in the Dept. of the South mostly, and some under the Army of the James.  Their heaviest action occurred at the siege of Fort Wagner, SC.  The is an ident in pencil on the back, and could be a signature, “Capt S. Eaton / Vol. Eng Corps /U.S. Vols.”

Photographed by Scott & Kutscher, New York.

Very good condition.