1860s CDV Photo Signed ID'd Civil War Soldier 11th New York Cavalry Scott's 900 western The daguerreotype has never been

The daguerreotype has never been removed from its 1920s frame

undamaged back

and a repair in the lower-left

family moved to Wisconsin when he was still a child

separated covers

1860s CDV Photo Signed ID'd Civil War Soldier 11th New York Cavalry Scott's 900 western The daguerreotype has never beenRare original CDV of Civil War soldier Richard Dale Arms, 11th regiment, New York Cavalry, Company M known as "Scott's 900". On the front bottom margin of this CDV, Arms has signed, "R. D. Arms", and on the back, "R. D. Arms "M" Co. 11th N. Y. Cav". Arms was born in Buffalo, New York in 1840, enlisted in Buffalo on August 30, 1862. On June 12, 1865, War Department records show that he was "absent on furlough" since February 11, 1864. I found a record