Union officer and aide-de-camp to Brigadier General J. H. Hobart Ward. Original 2.25 x 4 oval carte-de-visite photo by Dowe and Durkee of Sycamore, Illinois, signed on the reverse in black ink, “Wm. R. Thomas, Lt. & A.D.C., Ward’s Staff.” In fine condition, with some trivial soiling to front borders and a pencil notation on reverse. RR Auction COA.
