Bidspirit auction | ROSENBAUM, JOSEPH. CARTE-DE-VISITE PHOTOGRAPH. Chest-up

ROSENBAUM, JOSEPH. CARTE-DE-VISITE PHOTOGRAPH. Chest-up view of Rosenbaum in uniform “Sgt. Rosenbaum” written below in period ink. Written on verso: “Joseph Rosenbaum Adjt. 31st Iowa.” Photog: Campbell & Ecker, Louisville. AN OUTSTANDING IMAGE. 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant Joseph Rosenbaum (1838-1919) 31st Iowa Infantry. Entered service in Cedar Falls, Iowa, August 1862 with rank of 5th sergeant. Served fully three years rising to first lieutenant and adjutant of the regiment. Took part in many battles including the siege of Vicksburg, Missionary Ridge, Sherman’s march, Capture of Columbia, etc. Rosenbaum was one of very few Jewish soldiers serving from Iowa. He was the Grand Army of the Republic state commander for Illinois in 1908. See Shappell Register for extensive and excellent researched details on Rosenbaum.