[CIVIL WAR]. 13 CDVs of officers and other personalities, incl. McClellan, Grant, and CSA generals.

Lot comprised of 13 CDVs, including the following subjects:

George B. McClellan, Union general. Boston, MA: J.W. Black. -- Ulysses S. Grant, Union general and US President (2). First, seated portrait of General Grant. Uncredited. Second, image after an engraving of General Grant. Verso with printed advertisement, "A Modern Wonder! Please Examine our Goods, Department 7." This was purportedly distributed as a department store advertisement when Grant served as president. -- John A. Dahlgren, US admiral. New York: C.D. Fredricks & Co. -- Lew Wallace, Union general, author of Ben-Hur. New York: Brady, ca 1862. -- Rebel Army of Virginia. Composite view comprised of portraits of 7 Southern Generals, including Lee, Beauregard, Longstreet, Fitzhugh Lee (Gen. Robt. E. Lee’s nephew), Breckinridge, Hill, and Ewell. New York: E. & H.T. Anthony. -- Standing view of Maximilian I, Emperor of Mexico 1864-1867. New York: Mathew Brady, E. & H.T. Anthony. -- George Bancroft, historian, statesman, and politician. New York:
Mathew Brady, E. & H.T. Anthony. -- George D. Prentice, slaveholder, newspaper writer and editor, cofounder of the Louisville Journal. Prentice supported the Union in the 1850s, but he disagreed with many of its policies during the Civil War. He joined a group in 1861 that urged Kentucky not to secede from the Union but to establish itself as a neutral party in the war. Following the war, Prentice also opposed many of the Reconstruction policies, and he expressed his discontent through his editorials. New York: E. & H.T. Anthony, New York. -- Standing view of an unidentified military school cadet. Williamsburgh, NY: Biffar's Photographic Gallery, ca 1860s. -- Seated view of a Union soldier, no rank. Dept. Cumberland: Morse & Peaslee, Army Photographers, ca 1860s. -- Shoulder-length view of an unidentified officer. Louisville, KY: Campbell & Ecker. -- CDV of an unidentified subject in military attire. Philadelphia, PA: James S. Earle & Son.

Together, 13 CDVs.

Condition generally good to very good, with occasional toning and spotting to prints and mounts. Few mounts trimmed.

CDV of young cadet by Biffar: print with few chips to edges.

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[CIVIL WAR]. 13 CDVs of officers and other personalities, incl. McClellan, Grant, and CSA generals.

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