CDV Chaplain Thomas L. Ambrose 12th New Hampshire Vol. Infantry Died of Wounds at Petersburg

CDV Chaplain Thomas L. Ambrose 12th New Hampshire Vol. Infantry Died of Wounds at Petersburg. He was commissioned on September 17, 1862.  Chaplain Ambrose along with Colonel Potter of the 12th were taken as POWs at Chancellorsville. Late, he helped in caring for the wounded and dying at Gettysburg, and Cold Harbor.  He was struck down from a sharpshooters bullet in the front at Petersburg, and later died of his wound at Chesapeake Hospital, Fortress Monroe from complications.

This image was noted by a previous collector that it was from the CDV album of George W. Edwards, Commissary Sgt. of the 12th NHV.

Trimmed at the top, otherwise fine image.