Civil War Union Generals CDV - Period Photo Album

Description: Period photo album with 29 CDVs of Union Generals and Major Hiram I. Grant, MOH winner for the 23 July 1863 assault on Fort Wagner in Charleston Harbor, SC. Some with pencil ID on page and/or back of CDV. Approximately 6 inches x 4 inches x 1 1/2 inches thick. Some pages loose with and some minor tears. Images not affected. Images in the album are: 1. Winfield Scott, Commanding Gen of the US Army from 1841 – 1861. Backmark D Appleton & Co., New York.2. George McClellan, Commanding Gen of the US Army from November 1861 to March 1862; commander of the Army of the Potomac through Nov.5, 1862. Backmark Charles Taber and Co, New Bedford, MA. Printed ID as Lieutenant-General G.B. McClellan.3. Ambrose Burnside – Commander of the Army of the Potomac from Nov 5, 1862, through January 1863; a simple, honest, loyalsoldier, who did his best even though his best was not that good. Backmark D Appleton & Co., New York.4. Michael Corcoran – Irish-born General, killed after falling from his horse in 1863. Backmark CA5. Silas Casey – Maj Gen, who wrote the three-volume System of Infantry Tactics, used by both sides during the War. Backmark Charles Fredericks and Co., NY.6. Nathaniel Banks – Former Gov. of MA, political general who was regularly criticized for the failures of his campaigns, notably in tactically important tasks, including reconnaissance. Backmark D Appleton& Co., New York.7. Ulysses S Grant (rare image as Maj General), Lt.Gen, Commander of US Forces, and 18th President of the United States. No Backmark8. Henry Halleck – former General-in-Chief of theUnion Armies, and an expert in military studies, derisively known as “Old Brains.” Backmark D Appleton & Co., New York.9. Ethan Allen Hitchcock - was a career US Army officer and author who had War Dept assignments in Washington, DC during the War, where is served as Major General. Backmark D Appleton & Co., New York.10. Nathaniel Lyon – First Union General killed in the War, at Wilson’s Creek, MO, in 1861, he is credited with preventing MO from joining the Confederacy. Backmark D Appleton & Co., New York.11. John Pope – Leader of the Army of VA, routed at2nd Manassas and sent to the Dept. of the NW for the rest of the war. Backmark E. Anthony and Co., NY12. Franz Sigel – German-born General, known for recruiting German immigrants into the Union, but also for his ineptness. Backmark D Appleton & Co., New York.13. Robert Anderson – Union commander at Fort Sumter, the first battle of the Civil War. Resigned in 1863. Backmark D Appleton & Co., New York.14. John Wool – Career officer, the oldest generalon either side during the Civil War. Backmark D Appleton & Co., New York.15. John Blair Smith Todd - First cousin to Mary Todd Lincoln, and Brig. Gen. who resigned in 1862 to serve as delegate to the US House from the Dakota Territories. Uncommon. Backmark E. Anthony, NY16. Alfred H Terry - one of the most capable generals in the War with no previous military training, he led Union troops to victory at the 2nd Battle of Fort Fisher in NC. Backmark EHT Anthony, NY.17. John W Phelps – Very rarely seen general, abolitionist, and presidential candidate, declared an outlaw by Jefferson Davis and “crazy” by Admiral David Porter, for his support of colored troops. Printed under image, Gurney and Son, NY.18. Frederick Lander - Civil engineer, famed transcontinental explorer, poet, and Brigadier Gen who died in 1862 from “congestive chill.” Lander, Wyoming is named after him. Backmark D Appleton & Co., New York.19. Jesse Reno – Known as a "soldier's soldier" who fought alongside his men, he was killed while commanding a corps at Fox’s Gap during the Battle of South Mountain. Reno, NV, among other cities, is named after him. No Backmark.20. James Shields – commanded a division during the Valley Campaign of 1862, then resigned when his promotion was not confirmed. The only person in US history to serve as a senator for three different states. Backmark D Appleton & Co., New York.21. Major Hiram I Grant – enlisted as private, 6th CT Infantry, and rose to Major. One of 20 volunteers sent to silence the guns at Ft. Wagner, SC, on 23 Aug, 1863. Seriously wounded, he received the Congressional Medal of Honor and later was part of the successful assault of Fort Fisher in January, 1865. No Backmark.22. Winfield Scott Hancock - Known to his Army as "Hancock the Superb," he was noted in particular for his personal leadership at Gettysburg in 1863. Also, Democratic nominee for president in 1880. Backmark E. Anthony, NY.23. Thomas F Meagher – Irish-born general with a checkered past, who gallantly led Irish troops at Antietam and Fredericksburg. Backmark D Appleton & Co., New York.24. Henry Benham – civil engineer and Brigadier General who was censured and court-martialed for failing to follow, and disobeying, orders, but who finished the war commanding the engineering brigade of the Army of the Potomac as a Lt. Colonel. Backmark E. Anthony, NY.25. John Brannan (misidentified as Gen Meade) – most notably served as a division commander of the Union XIV Corps at Chickamauga in1863. Backmark E. Anthony, NY.26. Egbert Viele - commanded forces on the Savannah River during the Siege of Fort Pulaski and was Military Governor of Norfolk, VA in 1862. Backmark D Appleton & Co., New York.27. Adam J Slemmer – Rarely seen general who suffered a wound at Stone’s River, TN, in December, 1862 that incapacitated him for the rest of the Civil War. Backmark D Appleton & Co., New York.28. Maj Gen Daniel Butterfield – Fought at Gettysburg and elsewhere, wrote or re-wrote “Taps,” and later received the Congressional Medal of Honor. Backmark E. Anthony, NY.29. Charles Jameson – Fought at Bull Run and Fair Oaks, but died of “Camp Fever” in 1862. Backmark E. Anthony, NY.30. Edwin Vose Sumner - Career US Army officer and general, and the oldest field commander of any Army Corps on either side during the War. Known as “Bull” or “Bull Head,” because of his booming voice, a legend that a musket ball once bounced off his head. Died in1863. Backmark Charles D. Fredericks and Co., NY.

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