Collection	Charles R. Nevitt
Copyright	Oshkosh Public Museum
Description	Albumen print once mounted on a Carte de Visite mount of Charles R. Nevitt.
Event	Civil War
Medium	Photographic Paper
Neg #	20556
Notes	Full standing view of Captain Charles R. Nevitt, Company E, 5th Wisconsin Infantry (Reorganized) wearing line officer's single breasted frock coat with shoulder bars, sword belt with interlocking buckle, red tinted sash, pistol holster and mourning arm band (probably for President Lincoln), with his Model 1850 Line Officer's Sword resting against a pillar and his Model 1858 Uniform Hat with embroidered infantry bugle and number "5" resting on a carpeted box. Nevitt was born in Stafford, Genesee County, New York on August 27, 1825, served an apprenticeship at a newspaper, came to Oshkosh in July 1853, operated a bookbindery and published the Oshkosh Courier. In 1860 he published the Oshkosh Northwestern until September 12, 1864 when he organized Company E and became its Captain. They were involved in the Siege of Petersburg, the attack on Fort Steadman, and at Sailor's Creek. He mustered out on June 20, 1865. Nevitt was a real estate broker and insurance agent in Oshkosh following the war. All photographs in lot P1999.1 are from his personal album or his son Charles Nevitt's scrapbook "House of Ancients".
Object ID	P1999.1.48
Object Name	carte de visite
People	Nevitt, Charles R.
Print size	H=4 W=2 1/2 in
Subjects	Civil War Soldiers Officers 5th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Newspaper editors Oshkosh Daily Northwestern Mourning clothes
Title	Charles R. Nevitt
Year Range from	1865
Year range to	1865

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