Carlos Alvarez de la Mesa, Captain in the 29th New York Infantry
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ID: Black and white Carte de Visite portrait of a white Union Army officer with a long dark beard, wearing a dark uniform with silver buttons, belt, shiny leather boots, and a sword in a scabbard.
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Carlos Alvarez De La Mesa – Immigrant, Soldier, Patriot
"Yesterday, at 2am, we left the camp to attack the enemy that was waiting for us 2 miles away. I didn't know what kind of luck I was going to have. I only knew that my battalion was the first to attack. God wanted me to be able to give you another…