Rodney C. Ferson, from Lowell, enlisted in August of 1862, and commissioned  a Captain into Co. H, 6th, 6th Mass Infantry. He mustered out on June 3, 1863, at Lowell. This was the 9th month regiment under the command of Colonel Follansbee.

Under the call of August 4, 1862, for 300,000 militia to serve nine months, 19,080 being assigned to the quota of Massachusetts, the 6th Regt. again volunteered for duty, thus helping to avoid the employment of the draft to raise troops in this Commonwealth. Its rendezvous was at Camp Henry Wilson, Lowell, Mass. Its companies were mostly mustered in on August 31, but Company F was not mustered until September 8. Proceeding to Washington and thence to Fort Monroe, the regiment was engaged during the fall and winter in the Blackwater region, and during the spring participated in the defense of Suffolk, Va., when that city was menaced by a large force under Gen. Longstreet. At Carrsville, Va., May 14-16, 1863, the regiment was engaged with loss. The siege of Suffolk being ended, on the 26th of May the regiment left for Boston, where it arrived on the 29th. Proceeding to Lowell, on June 3 it was mustered out of the service. Source: Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors & Marines in the Civil War

Ferson was born in Nashua, NH and later was a member of GAR Post #35, in Chelsea, Mass. He died in 1901.

The vignetted image on mount is very good condition, with signature on reverse. The mount has been trimmed at the bottom.