Captain George F. Tait
date: label: date made
content: 1861-1865
name: label: depicted (sitter)
content: Tait, George F.
label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: Captain George F. Tait, carte-de-visite, by unknown photographer, c. 1860s
label: Description
content: George F. Tait served with the 10th New York Volunteers. He was twenty-eight, when he enlisted for the Union in New York City on April 26, 1861. Four days later on April 30, 1861, he was mustered in as first sergeant with Company H, for a service of two years. When he transferred to Company K, Tait became a second lieutenant on November 26, 1861. He was mustered in as first lieutenant for Company A on July 8, 1862. He became captain of Company B on April 26, 1863.
label: Description
content: George Tait was wounded twice during the war; first on June 27, 1862, during the Battle of Gaines Mill in Virginia, and two years later during the Battle of the Wilderness in Virginia on May 6, 1864. A February 1864 field report written by Col. Charles J. Powers of the 108th New York Infantry cites Tait as a very capable captain.
label: Description
content: George Tait was discharged for disability on August 16, 1864. His name appears on an undated roster of survivors from the 10th New York Volunteers, with his residence at 139 Hoyt Street in Brooklyn, New York. Tait is still alive in 1891, and was reported to have attended the funeral of George F. Hopper (cat. #3955R).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: World
topic: label: Subject
content: Civil War
label: related event
content: Battle of Antietam, 1862
label: related event
content: Civil War
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Seville Collection
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content: Photography
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of M.W Seville
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PG.003955GG
label: catalog number
content: 3955GG
label: accession number
content: 117896
objectType: label: Object Name
content: carte-de-visite
label: Object Name
content: photograph
label: Object Type
content: Carte-Visite
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 31/32 in x 2 3/8 in; 10.0584 cm x 5.9944 cm