CHEST-UP VIEW OF A ROCKBRIDGE ARTILLERY SOLDIER

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CDV is a vignette view identified on the reverse as William Kean. He is posed looking directly into the camera. He wears a medium-colored shell jacket buttoned only at the collar.

Clarity is good but the contrast is a bit light. Mount and paper have light edge wear and minor surface dirt.

Reverse is blank but for a modern collector ID that reads “WM. KEAN, 1st VA. HOW. BATT.”

Image is from the collection of the late William A. Turner who either identified the image from an album page or from a similar ID image in his collection.

William C. Ellis Kean was born September 10, 1832.

Kean enlisted on April 21, 1861 and was bounced around a bit before ending up as a private in Captain William P. Palmer’s Company, Virginia Light Artillery, which later became the 1st Company Rockbridge Light Artillery. Kean was present with his Company until wounded at Malvern Hill on July 1, 1862. He did not return to his unit until sometime after February of 1863.

Kean campaigned with his battery until he became sick with dysentery in June of 1864 when he entered the Receiving and Wayside Hospital, also known as General Hospital No. 9 at Richmond. A few days later he was moved to Chimborazo Hospital #4 where he would remain until he was captured and paroled in April of 1865 by Colonel D. M. Evens of the 20th New York Cavalry.

Unfortunately, not much is known about Kean’s post-war life other than that he died on March 21, 1903 and is buried in Byrd Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Goochland County, Virginia.     [ad][ph:L]

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