3 5/8 x 2 1/4 in. printed calling card featuring a patriotic eagle and flag motif below which appears "Captain James G. Dunlany / Post Adjutant / Jackson, Mississippi" (heavy wear and toning, small losses along edge lines, small tears).

USCT Military Service Records indicate that James G. Dunlavy (1839-1910?) was born in Shelby County, Kentucky. HDS indicates that James G. Dunlavy enlisted on 8/1/1861 at St. Louis, MO as a sergeant and was mustered into Co. A, Missouri 10th Infantry. On 8/1/1863 he was commissioned into Co. H, US Colored Troops 50th Infantry, with a promotion to 1st lieutenant effective as of his commission. After an intraregimental transfer and a promotion to captain on 9/28/1865, Dunlavy was mustered out on 3/20/1866.

The Twelfth Louisiana Infantry, African Descent, a regiment which was later designated the 50th US Colored Troops, was organized between May and July 1863 and attached to the African Brigade in the Northeast Louisiana District until July 1863. After a post at Vicksburg, the newly designated 50th Infantry USCT served in the Department of the Gulf and fought in the Battle of Fort Blakely in April 1865. Following the war, the regiment had duty at various points in the Department of the Gulf through March 1866.