2nd NY Volunteer Infantry
Some age-related darkening
in the South during the Civil War inflation was running rampant and prices for provisions skyrocketed
On the back they are identified by first name "Hope
with what appear to be other weapon(s) in his belt and what looks like a bayonet on his hip
4 CDVs Mother & Civil War Soldier Sons Incl BBG Edwin F Cooke Rare 1860s Photo gem 2nd NY Volunteer InfantryLot of four CDVs of the Cooke family: Olivia Wade Cooke (1810 1883) and her sons Oliver Wade Cooke (1833 1907; initialed O. W. C. on his photo), Henry Parkhurst Cooke (1841 1919, upper left in scan #1), Captain, 2nd NJ Infantry, and the last CDV is EITHER Brevet Brigadier General Edwin Francis Cook (1835 1867), 2nd NY Volunteer Infantry, OR Sergeant Frederick A. Cooke (1837 1864), 2nd NJ Volunteer Infantry. I believe he is most likely Edwin Francis,