With the Signal Corps in Washington, D.C.
Carte de visite by D.W. Curtis of Georgetown, Washington, D.C. Solomon H. Harnley stands here with a Signal Corps flag in 1864, during his first year with this military branch. Harnley (also spelled Harnly) enlisted in the Signal Corps in December 1863. The son of a farmer in Franklin Township, Ohio, he began his war service in the late summer of 1861 at age 24 when he enlisted in the Buckeye State's 15th Infantry. A year later, he received a disability discharge and left the regiment.
He was one of three Harnleys in uniform during the war. Older brother David served as a sergeant in the 99th Ohio and 50th Ohio infantries. Younger brother Manuel, a private in the 102nd Ohio Infantry, died in the explosion of the Sultana in April 1865. He had fallen into enemy hands in Alabama in September 1864 and had gained his released less than a week before the disaster that claimed the lives of hundreds of Union men.
Solomon Harnley served as a private in the Signal Corps' Department of Washington. He received training at the Camp of Instruction in Georgetown, and posed for this portrait in the studio of D.W. Curtis located at the corner of High and Bridge streets, which is today's M Street and Wisconsin Avenue. Harnley's stay in the nation's capital coincided with the advance on Washington by Lt. Gen. Jubal Early and his Confederate army in the summer of 1864, the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln and the Grand Review of the victorious Union armies. Harnley mustered out in August 1865. He returned to his home in Ohio and died in 1907. He outlived his wife and was survived by a son.
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With the Signal Corps in Washington, D.C.
Carte de visite by D.W. Curtis of Georgetown, Washington, D.C. Solomon H. Harnley stands here with a Signal Corps flag in 1864, during his first year with this military branch. Harnley (also spelled Harnly) enlisted in the Signal Corps in December 1863. The son of a farmer in Franklin Township, Ohio, he began his war service in the late summer of 1861 at age 24 when he enlisted in the Buckeye State's 15th Infantry. A year later, he received a disability discharge and left the regiment.
He was one of three Harnleys in uniform during the war. Older brother David served as a sergeant in the 99th Ohio and 50th Ohio infantries. Younger brother Manuel, a private in the 102nd Ohio Infantry, died in the explosion of the Sultana in April 1865. He had fallen into enemy hands in Alabama in September 1864 and had gained his released less than a week before the disaster that claimed the lives of hundreds of Union men.
Solomon Harnley served as a private in the Signal Corps' Department of Washington. He received training at the Camp of Instruction in Georgetown, and posed for this portrait in the studio of D.W. Curtis located at the corner of High and Bridge streets, which is today's M Street and Wisconsin Avenue. Harnley's stay in the nation's capital coincided with the advance on Washington by Lt. Gen. Jubal Early and his Confederate army in the summer of 1864, the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln and the Grand Review of the victorious Union armies. Harnley mustered out in August 1865. He returned to his home in Ohio and died in 1907. He outlived his wife and was survived by a son.
I encourage you to use this image for educational purposes only. However, please ask for permission.