American Historical Ephemera & Photography, Featuring Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana & Historical Documents

[Hartford, CT: Taylor & Huntington, publishers]. 

9 x 6 1/2 in. photograph on 13 x 11 in. mount of General Edward Ferrero and officers of the IX Corps at Petersburg, VA, published postwar by Taylor & Huntington from an original glass negative taken in September 1864 (toning and some light fading to print; wear and some loss to edges and corners of mount). Note the armed African American soldier standing at far left. Edward Ferrero (1831-1899) was one of the leading dance instructors, choreographers, and ballroom operators in the US before being commissioned a brigadier general in the Union Army. Sent to the Western Theater along with the IX Corps in early 1863, Ferrero led his brigade with distinction during the Siege of Vicksburg. He subsequently commanded a division during the Knoxville Campaign, and was in command of the defenses of Fort Sanders. Transferred eastward again in 1864 with the corps, he served in the Siege of Petersburg, commanding a division of black troops. His men were involved in the ill-fated 30 July charge on the Crater, where they suffered significant losses supporting the initial attack of Brigadier General James H. Ledlie's division. 

[With:] 8 x 7 1/8 in. photograph on 13 x 11 in. mount of Union troops occupying a Confederate redoubt at Taylor's Bridge on the North Anna River in Virginia, published postwar by Taylor & Huntington from an original glass negative taken in May 1863 (toning and some light fading to print; wear and some loss to edges and corners of mount). With period inked inscription to verso. Hancock’s troops captured the redoubt on 23 May and crossed the North Anna River the following day. (See the Photographic History of the War, The decisive Battles, p. 69).