Autographed and presented carte de visite

Rare image taken in New Orleans wearing Washington Artillery badge and Washington Artillery regimental letters on his kepi

Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Half view, in uniform, wearing his gold Washington Artillery pin on his breast, and kepi with brass, crossed cannons, artillery insignia, with the regimental letters, "W.A." of the elite Washington Artillery, from New Orleans, La., distinctly visible on the front of his kepi. Back mark: S. Anderson, Photographer, No. 61 Camp Street, New Orleans, with 2 cents orange revenue tax stamp on the verso. Signed and presented in a neat pencil hand, "From your friend, and well wishes, James W. Price, Late A.N.Va. Bottom two corners of the mount have been slightly trimmed. This image was published in the book, "Even More Confederate Faces," by William A. Turner. The caption in the book reads: Private James W. Price, 3rd Company wearing the uniform and gold artillery pin presented to the unit prior to departure from New Orleans. Rare and very desirable Louisiana Confederate image associated with the elite Washington Artillery, one of the best fighting units in the Confederate Army.

The 3rd Company, Washington Artillery, fought with the Army of Northern Virginia, from 1st Manassas to Appomattox. The battalion lost 4 killed and 26 wounded during the 1862 Maryland campaign, they had 3 killed and 22 wounded at Fredericksburg, and of the 329 men engaged at Gettysburg, eighteen percent were either killed or wounded. When they surrendered on April 9, 1865, at Appomattox Court House, they had only 3 officers and 22 men left.