Bidspirit auction | JACOBSON, EUGENE P. CARTE-DE-VISITE PHOTOGRAPH.

JACOBSON, EUGENE P. CARTE-DE-VISITE PHOTOGRAPH. Standing view in uniform holding kepi and wearing cape. Signed on verso in brown period ink “To Dr. Stanton / with compliments of / Eugene P. Jacobson / 1st Lieut. U. S. V.” Photog: Henry Ulke, Washington DC. MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT 1ST LT EUGENE P. JACOBSON. Companies E and B, 74th New York Infantry. The unit is ranked among the top “hard fihting units” of the entire war. Jacobson took part in all major battles in the Army of the Potomac. At the Battle of Chancellorsville Jacobson and several other Union soldiers discovered and tracked the hidden advance of Stonewall Jackson’s force when it unleashed its surprise flank attack on the Union’s Eleventh Corp. Subsequently, Jacobson was awarded the Medal of Honor for bravery in front of the enemy at Chancellorsville. THE PHOTOGRAPH OFFERED IS EXCEEDINGLY RARE AND PERHAPS UNIQUE. CONDITION IS OUTSTANDING.