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Lot 158

SIXTH-PLATE TINTYPE OF CIVIL WAR UNION SOLDIER ROBERT FILLOON, CO. 'E' 6TH RGT. MICHIGAN VOLUNTEERS INFANTRY
head and shoulders portrait with gild embellished kepi and tunic buttons, name inscribed to verso, in leather case; with research material on Filloon including a biography and copies of his pension files (a lot)
Overall 9.2cm x 8.2cm


OTHER NOTES
Robert Filloon enlisted at age 42 on 11 August, 1862. He was wounded in both legs at the charge at Port Hudson, Louisiana in June 1863 and his right leg was amputated. Filloon was discharged on 12 September 1863 and died in 1867 from chronic diarrhoea at Eaton, Michigan aged 47.

Estimate $120 - $180

Sold for $120
Militaria

AUCTION
Sale: LJ5647
11:00am - 22 July 2012
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141

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CONTACT
Giles Moon
info@leonardjoel.com.au


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