[CIVIL WAR]. Collection of 62 CDVs assembled by General David Sloane Stanley, incl. Civil War generals and Sioux subjects involved in the 1862 Dakota Uprising.

8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. album containing approx. 62 CDVs, including portraits of Native American subjects, generals, other officers, civilians, and landscapes. Several cartes of soldiers and civilians are credited to Morse's Gallery of the Cumberland, Nashville, TN. Highlighted subjects include:

4 CDVs of Sioux Indians involved in the 1862 Dakota Uprising in Minnesota, including Old Bets, Way-Ke-Mah-Wah-Jee-Wabe (Chief of the Mountain), Han-Ye-Tu Was-Te (Beautiful Night), and Kish-Kah-Nah-Cut (Stump). St. Paul, MN: Whitney's Gallery.

2 CDVs of Wisconsin and Minnesota landscapes, including Fall of Kinnikinnick - North Fork, St. Croix County, Wis., and City of Saint Paul, Minnesota. St. Paul, MN: Whitney's Gallery.

Approx. 18 CDVs of Union and Confederate officers, some after lithographs/engravings including: U.S. Grant. Nashville: Morse's Gallery. -- James B. McPherson. Nashville: Morse's Gallery. -- W.T. Sherman. Nashville: Morse's Gallery. -- A.P. Hill. Nashville: Morse's Gallery. -- William Rosecrans. Nashville, TN: Morse's Gallery. -- Capt. William H. Eckels, 2nd Cav. Div., autographed in lower margin of image and mount. Nashville: Morse's Gallery. -- Capt. John R. Craig, autographed in lower margin of image and mount. Uncredited. -- William Hoit Nash, autographed in lower margin of image and mount. Cincinnati, OH: Ball & Thomas Art Gallery, famed African American photographers. -- Robert Patterson Kennedy, Union officer and Ohio politician. Gem-sized tintype housed in paper mount autographed in lower margin. -- And 9 other officers, some autographed, although names are difficult to discern.

30 CDVs of men, women, and children of varying ages credited to various studios, including Morse's Gallery of the Cumberland, Nashville, TN, W.H. Masters, Princeton, IL, Leisenring Bros., Mt. Pleasant, IA, Bogardus, NY, Nichols & Bros., St. Louis, MO, Scholten, St. Louis, MO, Taylor & Seavey, photographers for the Army of the Tennessee, Baird, Zanesville, OH, and H.D. Stowe, Louisville, KY. Also included is a CDV of the Ohio State Capitol Building in Columbus by M. Whitt, Columbus, OH.

Provenance: Acquired from an October 2024 auction containing material identified to General David Sloane Stanley (1828-1902) (consignor notes). After graduating from West Point in 1852, Stanley was assigned to frontier duty. He was stationed at various forts in the Dakota Territory, Indian Territory, and Kansas, where he aided in quelling disturbances at the Kansas border in 1856. When the Civil War began, he was given command of a division in the Western Theater, participating in numerous battles over the next three years. He was wounded in the neck at the Battle of Franklin and later received the Medal of Honor for his actions (November 1864). Following the Civil War, Stanley was appointed colonel of the 22nd US Infantry, primarily serving in the Dakota Territory until 1874. Stanley commanded the Yellowstone expedition of 1873, encouraging settlement in the area.

Overall good to very good. Toning and occasional soiling. Many with edge and corner wear, including trimmed edges.

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Overall good to very good. Toning and occasional soiling. Many with edge and corner wear, including trimmed edges.

Please email [email protected] for any additional information or questions you may have regarding this lot.

American Historical Ephemera and Early Photography

[CIVIL WAR]. Collection of 62 CDVs assembled by General David Sloane Stanley, incl. Civil War generals and Sioux subjects involved in the 1862 Dakota Uprising.

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