CDV of 1st Lt. Charles Jewett, Jr. Famed 54th Massachusetts Infantry

Carte de Visite (CDV) Portrait of 1st Lieutenant Charles Jewett, Jr. 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment
This carte de visite depicts First Lieutenant Charles Jewett, Jr., in a relaxed seated pose. He wears his uniform with the regimental number "54" prominently displayed on the kepi. The photograph was taken by G. B. Dana, a photographer based in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, likely around the time of Jewett's commissioning or during a period of leave.
 
Biographical and Service Summary
Residence: Millbury, Massachusetts
Age at Enlistment: 33 years
Enlistment: August 15, 1863, as Second Lieutenant
Commissioning: March 17, 1864, into Company G, 54th Massachusetts Infantry
Promotions: Promoted to First Lieutenant on December 3, 1864
Intra-Regimental Transfer: Transferred from Company G to Company F
Discharge: June 17, 1865, on account of disability
Lieutenant Jewett served as a white commissioned officer in the famed 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, the first African American regiment raised in the North during the Civil War. Historical records, including those from the Massachusetts Historical Society and regimental histories, confirm his service and include surviving portraits of him in uniform from this period (circa 1863–1865).