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Carte de Visite of Brigadier General John Newton. Backmark by Anthony/Brady.
Newton served in both the East and Western theaters and reached Corps
Command at the Battle of Gettysburg when Meade placed him in command of the
Union I Corps after the death of Reynolds. Nice clean image with a period ink ID on
the front. Small piece of mounting tape resident on the back.
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$200
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Very scarce CDV of Regis DeTrobrian, Union Brigade and Division Commander in
the III and V Corps. His troops defended the Wheatfield at Gettysburg on July 2.
Anthony/Brady bm.
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$750
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Spectacular view of Medal of Honor winner for Gettysburg Alexander Webb.
Anthony/Brady bm. Nice period ink inscription on the front. They don't come any
nicer than this.
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$600
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"Edwin Henry Stoughton (June 23, 1838 - December 25, 1868), In November 1862, he was
appointed Brigadier General, Volunteers, and assumed command of the 2nd Vermont Brigade
on December 7, replacing Colonel Asa P. Blunt. Stoughton's brother, Charles B. Stoughton,
assumed command of the 4th Vermont Infantry in his stead. Mosby's Rangers (led by
Confederate partisan John S. Mosby) led a daring raid into Union Territory and captured
Stoughton at Fairfax Court House on March 9, 1863. Stoughton had hosted a party for his
visiting mother and sister, who were staying at the home of Confederate spy Antonia Ford.
After leaving the party, Stoughton retired to a nearby house that served as his headquarters.
Mosby allegedly found Stoughton in bed, rousing him with a slap to his rear. Upon being so
rudely awakened, the general shouted, "Do you know who I am?" Mosby quickly replied, "Do
you know Mosby, general?" "Yes! Have you got the rascal?" "No but he has got you!"
Apparently, Edwin H. Stoughton was not popular with the officers and men of the brigade, and few
mourned his loss. President Lincoln, on hearing of the capture, said "he did not so much mind
the loss of a brigadier general, for he could make another in five minutes; 'but those horses cost
$125 apiece!'"[3] Colonel Blunt assumed command of the brigade again, turning it over to the
new commander, Brigadier General George J. Stannard, on April 20, who led the brigade until the
Battle of Gettysburg. He resigned his regular commission in March 1861, and in September was
appointed colonel of the 4th Vermont Infantry, and led his command in the Peninsula Campaign.
Stoughton was only 23 years old and said to be the youngest colonel in the army at the time of his
appointment. After a two month stay in Richmond's Libby Prison, Stoughton was exchanged, but
saw no further service, as the United States Senate had not confirmed his initial appointment.
Stoughton was an attorney after the war, and died young in New York City. He is buried in
Immanuel Cemetery, Rockingham, Vermont." CDV by Brady (Gen'l Thomas Kilby Smith
Album). Very scarce General to find.
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$475
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"John McNeil (February 14, 1813 – June 8, 1891) was a general in the Union Army during the
American Civil War. He was most noted for his role in the Palmyra Massacre and other acts of
alleged brutality. When the war began, General Sterling Price of the Missouri Volunteer Militia
and pro-secession Governor of Missouri Claiborne Jackson counted on McNeil's support, as he
was known as a strong Democrat and closely allied with Southern men. On May 8, 1861,
however, McNeil enlisted in the Union volunteers and was immediately made captain of a
company. Shortly afterwards, he was promoted to colonel of the 3rd Regiment, U. S. Reserve
Corps. He was then placed in command of the city of St. Louis by General John C. Frémont. On
August 3, McNeil was commissioned colonel of the Nineteenth Missouri Volunteers ("Lyon
Regiment") to which he had been named by General Lyon. He resigned in December to accept a
colonelcy in the State troops, with the command of a district on the Kansas state line. He spent
the winter organizing forces and protecting the Union citizens. He spent the summer in pursuit of
Porter, who had been ordered into the region to recruit troops to be sent into the Confederacy for
training, as well as to generally disrupt Union operations. McNeil decisively defeated Porter at the
Battle of Kirksville, and was lightly wounded in the action. In the aftermath of the fighting, he
ordered the execution of fifteen allegedly paroled Confederates, charges which have been
derided by some, and an action which would be held against him by others, particularly in light of
his actions at Palmyra (see below). He also ordered the execution of Frisby McCullough, an
action which was also generally criticized, but which he just as staunchly defended. The Palmyra
Massacre, His subsequent campaign in Monroe County, Missouri, was also regarded by some
as excessively brutal and indiscriminate. He himself said that “where a Union man could not live
in peace, a secessionist should not.” He concluded his campaign on September 14, taking
Palmyra after its abandonment by Porter, and avenging the abduction and presumptive murder of
Union loyalist (and alleged informer) Andrew Allsman by executing ten Confederate prisoners in
what came to be known as the "Palmyra Massacre." McNeil was criticized even by Union
sympathizers for the act, and excoriated in the American and European press. However, Harper’s
Weekly quoted a defender: "These measures were severe, but not from the character of General
McNeil: he will receive the applause of all earnest patriots for treating treason as it deserves. The
fruit of his policy is pointedly exhibited where he has ruled. Before his advent murders and all
lesser crimes were frequent, for no fault of the sufferers except that they were true to their country
and to God. Now no more peaceful, stable, and Union-abiding people are to be found than those
who live in Northeast Missouri. Jefferson Davis is thirsting for the blood of the brave General, and
his coadjutors in the North are maligning General McNeil, fabricating statements of his brutality,
and even asserting the two-fold falsehood that the wife of Allsman petitioned that the rebels might
not be executed, and that the old man has since returned. But he will bear such calumnies, and
live to reap grateful tributes." It was true that Confederate President Jefferson Davis had
threatened to execute ten Union prisoners unless McNeil was handed over to the
Confederacy, but the threat was not carried out. It was also true that a number of local Union-
supporters had pleaded with McNeil for the lives of the captives (Allsman’s wife not among them).
The local loyalist paper however supported McNeil: "The madness of rebellion has become so
deep seated that ordinary methods of cure are inadequate." (Palmyra Courier, October 18, 1862)
and McNeil himself would respond years later "...cherishing, as I do, the firm conviction that my
action was the means of saving lives and property of hundreds of loyal men and women, I feel
that my act was the performance of a public duty." (July 1889 response to an article in "The
Century" magazine). In any event, the act earned him the unshakeable title of “Butcher of
Palmyra.” As a pair, McNeil and his nemesis, Joseph C. Porter, illustrate particularly well the
horrors of the war and the difficulty of moral evaluation; it seems likely that the culpability of each
was minimized by his own side and exaggerated by the other. McNeil was made brigadier
general to rank from November 19, 1862. In the spring of 1863, McNeil held Cape Girardeau with
1,700 men against Gen. John Sappington Marmaduke's force of 10,000. In 1864 he was
appointed to command the district of Rolla, Missouri, and, with the assistance of Gen. John B.
Sanborn, Clinton B. Fisk and E. B. Brown, he saved the capital from Price's army. Afterwards he
joined his cavalry force with that of General Brown and participated in the campaign which led to
the defeat of Price's army at the Second Battle of Newtonia in October. During the Battle of
Westport, McNeil was relieved of command for "cowardice and failure to attack the enemy" by
General Alfred Pleasonton. ." Scarce from life image with great eagle pommeled
presentation sword in his hands. Corners slightly clipped. Hard to find Missouri
General.
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$375
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CDV of a Rare Union General, Alfred Duffie of France. Commanded a Cavalry
brigade and Division up till Brandy Station, he was removed from command by
Alfred Pleasanton just before Gettysburg due to his xenophobia. Always very stylish
in photos, this view is of Duffie as a Colonel (1st RI Cavalry) but note the braid on
his coat sleeves. Nicknamed "Natti" he served in Africa and Algiers for France
before coming to the US. Later he served in West Virginia with B F Kelly where he
was taken prisoner at Bunker Hill Va. and was not paroled till the end of the War.
Great image of the immaculately dressed officer.
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$450
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Spectacularly posed view of Union Cavalry Commander Judson Kilpatrick by Brady.
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$225
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Beautiful view of Union General Henry M Naglee of the Army of the Potomac.
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$275
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Scarce pose of Winfield Scott Hancock taken by Gardner in the famous Gardner
chair. Rarely seen. This view like many of Gardner's originals doesn't have his
backmark. Ink inscription on the verso "Maj Genl Hancock 2nd Corps".
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About mint CDV by Brady of "Black Jack" Logan wearing a XV Corps badge (40
rounds). Extremely sharp. Rarely do you find images of this quality of Logan
around.
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$200
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Beautiful view of Henry Slocum with a great period ink inscription on the verso.
Reads. "Maj Gen' Slocum who commanded the left wing of Shermans Army in the
March through Georgia formerly of the 20th Corps. This is a life likeness, signed
ASF"
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$175
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CDV of General JJ Reynolds by Porters of Cinncinatti. "Joseph Jones Reynolds
(January 4, 1822 – February 25, 1899) was an American engineer, educator, and military officer
who fought in the American Civil War and the postbellum Indian Wars. After receiving a colonel's
commission from Governor Oliver P. Morton, Reynolds was placed in command of Indiana's
Camp Morton, the wartime state's militia muster encampment at Indianapolis. Reynolds's 10th
Indiana Volunteer regiment was sent to western Virginia, where it played a decisive role repulsing
Confederates under Robert E. Lee at Cheat Mountain. Although promoted to brigadier general,
Reynolds resigned in January 1862 and resumed training Indiana regiments at Camp Morton
until November 1862 without a commission. Retroactively appointed colonel of the 75th Indiana
volunteers, brigadier general, and then major general of U.S. volunteers, Reynolds commanded
a division of XIV Corps, Army of the Cumberland, at Hoover's Gap and Chickamauga. After
serving as the army's chief of staff before Chattanooga, Reynolds was transferred to the Gulf of
Mexico, where he led a division of XIX Corps that garrisoned New Orleans, Louisiana. He was
later promoted to the command of the XIX Corps, and then commanded VII Corps in Arkansas.
After the war, Reynolds remained in the regular army as colonel of the 26th U.S. Infantry and was
assigned command of the Department of Arkansas. He later was transferred to duty in Texas
during Reconstruction, replacing Charles Griffin in charge of the Department of Texas. When
military rule in Texas ceased in 1870, Reynolds again returned to frontier garrison duty. In the
early and mid-1870s, Reynolds fought hostile Indians on the Great Plains. During the Black Hills
War of 1876, he led an attack on Sioux warriors under the chief He Dog in the Powder River
country. At the Battle of Powder River on March 17, 1876, Col. Reynolds attacked a village of
mostly Cheyenne Indians, whose principal chief was Old Bear. The Sioux contingent there
numbered between 20 and 30, the most notable of whom was He Dog, who was riding a horse
belonging to Crazy Horse. The principal warrior chief was Two Moons, a Cheyenne. However, the
campaign ended in failure, and Reynolds was subsequently court-martialed. He was found guilty
of the charges and given a suspended sentence, and he resigned from the army on June 25,
1877. Reynolds died in Washington, D.C., and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. "
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$350
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CDV of Union Cavalry General Bayard killed at Fredericksburg by a piece of Artillery
shell during the battle. Fredericks NY backmark.
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$150
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CDV of Brevet Brigadier General Sameul R Thomas of the 64th USCT. Served with
the 27th Ohio Vols through 1863 when promoted to LtCol of the 63rd USCT and
later Colonel of the 64th USCT in 1864. Would have seen action at New Madrid,
Iuka and Corinth before commanding Colored troops in Tn Garrisons. (P 11/09)
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$200
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