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Kimball & Sons, Concord, NH carte of Capt. Samuel B. Noyes, ink identified on image. Samuel Noyes enlisted as a Private on 8/62, at the age of 19, and mustered into Co. I, 12th New Hampshire Infantry. As part of the Army of Potomac's Third Corps, the 12th NH arrived at Gettysburg on July 2, 1863, and on the same day, Noyes suffered a gunshot wound in the shoulder, which would take him out of action for the next four months. Noyes resigned on 4/64 to become 2nd Lieutenant in the 1st US Volunteers, and by July, he was made Captain and commander of Co. B. The regiment was sent west to guard against Indian uprisings, and Noyes' company was assigned garrison duty at Fort Rice, Dakota Territory. In the midst of a return from a trip to a nearby river, Noyes was part of a small party that was attacked by Indians on 11/28/64, and he suffered wounds as a result of the fight. Following his time out west, Noyes was discharged on 11/27/65. Condition: Some surface mottling.