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SIXTH-PLATE TINTYPE OF PTE. MELVAN TIBBETTS CO. 'H' 15TH MAINE REGT.
full length portrait with military backdrop, gild embellished uniform, in leather case with period printed label attached to interior 'MELVAN TIBBETTS, Co. H, 45th Maine Reg't.'; with research material on Tibbetts including a biography and copies of his army and pension files (a lot)
OTHER NOTES
Melvan Tibbetts was mustered in on 7 November, 1861, aged 18. He was wounded in both legs at Pleasant Hill, LA. on 9 April, 1864 and mustered out while on sick leave on 18 January, 1865. He received a pension for diarrhoea and effects of wounds and died on 2 November, 1927 aged 83.
Sold for $200
Lot 156
full length portrait with military backdrop, gild embellished uniform, in leather case with period printed label attached to interior 'MELVAN TIBBETTS, Co. H, 45th Maine Reg't.'; with research material on Tibbetts including a biography and copies of his army and pension files (a lot)
OTHER NOTES
Melvan Tibbetts was mustered in on 7 November, 1861, aged 18. He was wounded in both legs at Pleasant Hill, LA. on 9 April, 1864 and mustered out while on sick leave on 18 January, 1865. He received a pension for diarrhoea and effects of wounds and died on 2 November, 1927 aged 83.
Estimate $140 - $240
Militaria
AUCTION
Sale: LJ5647
11:00am - 22 July 2012
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141
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Giles Moon
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