E. Bradbury
Civil War Veteran
Stroud's Civil War News Emporium is pleased to have come into the possession of this hand-colored photograph of a veteran. We are fairly confident that we can narrow down the identity of this soldier to one of four individuals. The image was taken by "Starbird, Photographer" in Augusta, Maine. It would have been highly unlikely for anyone from a non-Maine regiment to have journeyed there for their photographic sitting. Written on the back of the photograph is the name "E. Bradbury." Only four men of that name served in Maine regiments. Two were presumably related as they were mustered on the same date into the same company of the Maine Twenty-Seventh Infantry--likely father and son, as one was eighteen years older than the other.
If you can offer any information to assist with a definitive attribution of the CDV, please contact us at the Emporium. The four veterans possibly portrayed in this image include:
Eben H.C. Bradbury
Maine Twenty-Seventh Infantry - Company A
Residence Saco, Maine
Enlistment Age 39 years
Enlisted & Mustered on September 30, 1862
Mustered out on July 17, 1863 at Portland, Maine
The 27th was organized as a "nine months" regiment
Maine Ninth Infantry - Company K
Enlistment age 41 years
Enlisted & Mustered as a Sergeant on September 20, 1864
Discharged for disability on June 10, 1865.Edward Bradbury
Maine Twenty-Seventh Infantry - Company A
Residence Saco, Maine
Enlistment age 21 years
Enlisted & Mustered on September 30, 1862
Mustered out on July 17, 1863 at Portland, MaineEdwin Bradbury
Maine Seventh Infantry - Company E
Transferred from Company E to Company F in 1863
Residence Fairfield, Maine
Enlistment age 22 years
Enlisted & Mustered on August 21, 1861
Elbridge G. Bradbury
Maine Fifth Infantry - Company C
Residence Saso, Maine
Enlistment age 23 years
Enlisted & Mustered as a Corporal on June 24, 1861
Wounded on June 27, 1862 at Gaines' Mill, Virginia
Died on July 28, 1862
