A full size image (2 3/8 by 4 inch) uncut card with a nice 4 button shoulder view of the Captain.

 

Back mark of "Wires, 104 Main Street, Milford." Mass. Ink identification on rear bottom, 'Yours truly Wm. Emery, Capt. 25th Mass. Vols.' There is some slight ink staining on the rear top, from another image that was likely back-to-back with this one and bled thru. The front of the image is in excellent condition.

 

William Emery is listed as a 28 carriage maker from Milford when he mustered as a 1st Lieut., Oct 28, 1861. Commissioned Captain April 25, 1862, wounded in action June 3, 1864 at Cold Harbor, VA., mustered out Oct. 20, 1862 as a Captain. This image was most likely taken when the unit was home on month long furlough in the spring of 1864.

 

A very nice officer's image for a fine man and unit that suffered during one of the North's most intense battles at Cold Harbor. The 25th Mass suffered the war's fourth highest single battle event causalities at Cold Harbor, with approx 73% wounded, captured, or killed.