American Historical Ephemera and Photography

John Meck Cuyler, senior medical officer at Fort Monroe, notable for his service at the II Corps camp during Gettysburg. Autographed below image, "Jno. M. Cuyler, U.S.A." Philadelphia, PA: M.P. Simons (residue and some surface loss on mount verso, print/mount trimmed). -- George Meade. Philadelphia, PA: F. Gutekunst (toning, some soiling, residue on mount verso, trimmed). -- Seth Williams, assistant adjutant general, Army of the Potomac. Uncredited (toning, edge wear, residue on mount verso). -- William B. Franklin (2). First, in uniform, New York, NY: Brady (toning, residue and wear on mount verso). Second, in civilian dress, uncredited (paper residue on mount verso extending above top edge of mount). -- Fitz John Porter. New York, NY: Brady (toning, residue and wear on mount verso). -- James B. Ricketts, WIA Antietam. New York, NY: Brady (toning, residue and wear on mount verso). -- Ambrose Burnside. New York, NY: Brady (toning, residue and wear on mount verso). -- Edwin Vose Sumner. New York, NY, and Washington, DC: Brady (toning, residue and wear on mount verso). -- William Farrar Smith. New York, NY: Brady (toning, residue and wear on mount verso). -- Joseph K. Mansfield, mortally WIA Antietam. New York, NY: Brady, Anthony (toning, light soiling). -- Colonel William Sinclair, US Army 3rd Light Artillery, 35th Pennsylvania Infantry, and US Army Inspector General Department. New York, NY: Brady (toning, paper residue and wear on mount verso). 

Together, 12 CDVs of Union generals and officers who saw action in several Civil War battles, most notably Antietam and Gettysburg. Condition generally good. Several with toning, trimmed edges, and residue/wear to versos.

Provenance: Acquired from the great grandson of Union General Edward Griffin Beckwith (1818-1881) (consignor relates). Beckwith commanded the defenses of New Orleans from August 1863 - January 1864, after the fall of New Orleans in 1862.