Identified Civil War Pocket Carte de Visite Album Lt. Edward Y. Goldsborough – Company E, 8th Maryland Infantry Dated 1862-1863 – Maryland Heights / Harper’s Ferry

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Identified Civil War Pocket Carte de Visite Album

Lt. Edward Y. Goldsborough – Company E, 8th Maryland Infantry

Dated 1862-1863 – Maryland Heights / Harper’s Ferry

 

An exceptional and historically significant Civil War pocket carte de visite (CDV) album belonging to First Lieutenant Edward Y. Goldsborough, Company E, 8th Maryland Infantry. Contains multiple original CDVs, including identified images of Goldsborough and family members, with Maryland photographer backmarks.

The album is clearly inscribed in period ink:

“Edward Y. Goldsborough

Frederick City, Md.

April 1862”

And again:

“Edward Y. Goldsborough

1st Lieut. Co. E, 8th Regt. Md. Vols.

Camp near Harpers Ferry

Maryland Heights

March 13th 1863.”

A period identification label confirms:

“Pocket Carte de Visite Album – Edward Yerbury Goldsborough – 1st Lieutenant, Company E, 8th Maryland Infantry – Inscribed Camp Tarr near Harpers Ferry, Maryland Heights, March 13, 1863.”

The album contains multiple original Civil War CDVs, including identified images of Goldsborough himself along with family members and associates. The photographs bear period Baltimore and Frederick backmarks, further strengthening the Maryland provenance.

Edward Yerbury Goldsborough enlisted on September 21, 1862, as a 22-year-old lawyer and was commissioned First Lieutenant in Company E, 8th Maryland Infantry. The regiment served in the Middle Department and was stationed at Maryland Heights overlooking Harper’s Ferry, a position of major strategic importance guarding the Shenandoah Valley corridor.

Goldsborough later fought in the Battle of Monocacy (July 9, 1864) — the critical engagement often called “The Battle That Saved Washington,” where Union forces under Lew Wallace delayed Jubal Early’s advance on the capital.

After the war, Goldsborough became State’s Attorney for Frederick County, Maryland, and authored the book “Early’s Great Raid.” His photograph is preserved in the Library of Congress (Gil Barrett Collection), confirming both identity and historical footprint.

The album remains structurally sound with typical age toning to pages. The period ink inscriptions are bold and legible. The CDVs are well preserved with pleasing contrast. The album has been archivally framed and displayed with accompanying soldier history.

 

Comes housed in a 12″ x 16″ display case with black velvet backing and descriptive card.

 

Inventory Number: GRO 107

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