Collection of Four Original Cabinet Portraits of American Generals During the Civil War
NP: NP, ND. Original document. Original photographs. American Generals of the Civil War - 4 Cabinet Portraits:
1) A hand-signed 6 1/2 x 4 1/4" photograph of General Henry Warner Slocum (1827-1894), a Union general during the Civil War and who later served in the United States House of Representatives. During the war, he was one of the youngest major generals in the Army and fought numerous major battles in the Eastern Theater and in Georgia and the Carolinas. Controversy arose from his conduct at the Battle of Gettysburg, where he was accused of indecision and a dilatory advance to the battlefield, earning him the derogatory nickname "Slow Come." The photograph is undated, and was taken by Sarony in New York City. Slocum's portrait is hand-signed by himself at lower margin.
2) A 6 1/2 x 4 1/4" photograph of General George Washington Cullum (1809-1892), an American soldier, engineer and writer. He surved as a general in the Union Army during the Civil War, primarily serving in the Western Theater. Cullum also served as the 16th Superintendent of the United States Military Academy. The undated photograph was taken by Alman & Co, in New York City.
3) A 6 7/8 x 4 7/8" captioned mounted photograph of General Joseph Hooker (1814-1879), a career United States Army officer who achieved the rank of major general in the Union Army during the Civil War. Photograph by C. A. Lawrence after a painted portrait by J. Harvey Young.
4) A 6 3/8 x 4 1/8" captioned mounted photograph of General William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891), who served as a General in the Union Army during the Civil War, for which he received recognition for his outstanding command of military strategy as well as criticism for the harshness of the "scorched earth" policies that he implemented in conducting total war against the Confederate States. The partly retouched photograph is undated and unsigned.
Minor and sporadic abrasion/rubbing along edges. Pertinent handwritten annotations at verso. - From the Harold Seton Collection. g to vg. Item #39948
Price: $500.00