Interior of church, Falls Church, Va

Interior of church, Falls Church, Va

The interior of a church in Falls Church, Virginia, with graffiti by Union soldiers: signatures written above, around and on the tablets on the wall. The group of names highest on the wall, up at the level of the second-story window are all from the same regiment, the 141st New York Infantry.

• "Segt C. W. Breese, 141st N.Y.V", at the bottom of the group in decorative script, and "Sgt C W Breese, 141st N.Y.V." at the top 
  A 22-year-old surveyor who enlisted at Elmira, NY, he appears in the muster roll as Wesley Breese. He died of typhoid fever in Stanton hospital in Washington, DC, on August 2, 1863. More
• "Luther Wright, 141st N.Y.V"
  A 21-year-old farmer who enlisted in Elmira, NY, Private Wright suffered a serious wound to his arm on May 15, 1864, and was hospitalized in Resaca, Georgia until at least May 1865.
• "J S Bovier"
  This could be either Jacob S Bovier or Jesse Bovier; both served as privates in the 141st NY Infantry and mustered out at the end of the war.
• "John Jacobs"
  Private John Jacobs, Co. G, 141st NY Infantry, Mustered out on 28 Aug 1864 and Transferred to Company D, U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps 23rd Infantry Regiment. Mustered out at end of war in Madison, WI.

Matthew Brady

National Archives

1860-1865

Pohick Church believe this photo is misattributed and is actually of the interior of that church (which has surviving exterior graffiti)