Civil War Soldier Vet Photographer Self Portrait, Trade Card 1860s CDV Photo australia none loose or missing

none loose or missing

Very good antique

tight hinge

around 120 years old

The chair might have a slight hint of original red tinting as well

Civil War Soldier Vet Photographer Self Portrait, Trade Card 1860s CDV Photo australia none loose or missingRare original CDV of John Osborn Milne (1839 1907) and his wife Minnie Bronson. Milne was a Civil War veteran, photographer and politician. He was born in Massachusetts, but when the war broke out he was working in far Northern Minnesota, possibly on his own claim there. Upon receiving the news from a stagecoach driver, he trekked 150 200 miles on foot to St. Paul and enlisted, joining the 1st Minnesota Infantry. Milne was severely wounded in July