CDV Colonel Hiram Berdan

Commander of Berdan's Sharpshooters

Brevet Major General

(1823-93) A mechanical engineer in New York City when the war started, he had been the top rifle shot in the country for 15 years prior to the Civil War. Before the war he had invented a repeating rifle and a patented musket ball. Later he developed a twin screw submarine gunboat, a torpedo boat for evading torpedo nets, a long distance range finder and a distance fuze for shrapnel. He is very closely identified with the famous "Berdan's U.S. Sharpshooters" becoming...  

CDV Nelson V. Stanton, Adjutant 15th Mass. Infantry

Wounded in action in four different battles!

Balls Bluff...Gettysburg...Wilderness...Spotsylvania

Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 1/4 x 3 7/8 card. Mount is slightly trimmed. Standing view wearing a single breasted frock coat with shoulder straps, over the shoulder belt, sash, sword attached to belt, and holding his slouch hat with cloth infantry insignia and hat cord. Backmark: Westminster Fine Art Gallery, Providence, R.I., with vignette of the Rhode Island state seal. Beautiful ink signature on the...  

CDV, Group of Identified 7th Regiment N.Y.N.G. Soldiers

Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 3 3/4 card. Mount is trimmed. Excellent view of 5 soldiers of the famous 7th New York posing in front of a tent. The four men at the left are wearing the distinctive gray uniforms of the 7th New York, two wearing their white cross belts, with various accoutrements visible including a knapsack with the numeral 7 and a musket. The officer at far right is Captain John Monroe. He is wearing a regulation frock coat with shoulder straps, kepi, eagle sword belt plate, sash, and holding his sword...  

CDV Major Robert Anderson

(1805-1871) Graduated in the West Point class of 1825. He participated in the Black Hawk, Florida and Mexican Wars and was twice brevetted for gallantry. In November 1860, he was ordered to Charleston Harbor to command the three United States forts there; Castle Pickney, Fort Moultrie, and Fort Sumter, in the face of South Carolina's imminent secession. Anderson refused a formal demand for his surrender and in the early morning hours of April 12, 1861, Fort Sumter was bombarded, and the Civil War began. His small garrison withstood 36 hours under fire...  

CDV Major Robert Anderson

Very rare view taken in Charleston, S.C. on Quinby card!

(1805-1871) Graduated in the West Point class of 1825. He participated in the Black Hawk, Florida and Mexican Wars and was twice brevetted for gallantry. In November 1860, he was ordered to Charleston Harbor to command the three United States forts there; Castle Pickney, Fort Moultrie, and Fort Sumter, in the face of South Carolina's imminent secession. Anderson refused a formal demand for his surrender and in the early morning hours of April 12, 1861, Fort Sumter was bombarded, and...  

CDV General James McQuade

Colonel 14th New York Infantry

(1829-85) Born in Utica, N.Y., he was educated at McGill Univ., and was a banker, merchant and municipal official. Commissioned colonel of the 14th New York Infantry on May 17, 1861. He was promoted to brevet brigadier general, March 13, 1865.

Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Standing view in uniform with rank of full colonel, with sword. Backmark: Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries, New York and Washington, D.C. Light age toning and wear. Very fine....  

CDV General Ira Spaulding

Colonel 50th New York Engineers

(1818-75) Born in Vernon, New York, he was a civil engineer engaged in railroad construction before the Civil War. He enlisted on Aug. 5, 1861, at Niagra Falls, as a captain, and was commissioned into Co. E, 50th New York Engineers. Promoted to major, Oct. 14, 1862; and lieutenant colonel, Jan. 1, 1864. He was brevetted colonel, Aug. 1, 1864, for gallantry during the campaign before Richmond; and brevet brigadier general, for gallantry in the operations resulting in the fall of Richmond, and surrender of Gen....  

CDV General Delos B. Sacket

(1822-85) Born in Cape Vincent, N.Y., he graduated in the West Point class of 1845. He fought in the Mexican War as a lieutenant of the 1st U.S. Dragoons, being brevetted for gallantry in the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma. During the summer of 1848, Sacket with the 1st U.S. Dragoons, defended homesteads in Texas from Apache raids winning special distinction for his gallantry. In December 1850, he was assigned as an instructor of cavalry tactics at the U.S. Military Academy, serving in this position until 1855. He then went west with the 1st...  

CDV Colonel William S. King

4th Massachusetts Heavy Artillery

Previously served as Lieutenant Colonel 35th Massachusetts Infantry

Wounded in action at Antietam

Brevet Brigadier General

(1818-82) Born in New York City, he attended Yale University and Union College, graduating in 1837. He was a lawyer by occupation. He enlisted on Aug. 4, 1862, and was commissioned captain, 35th Massachusetts Infantry; was wounded in action on Sept. 17, 1862, in the battle of Antietam; promoted to major, Dec. 15, 1862; lieutenant colonel, April 25, 1863; discharged...  

CDV Officers of General McClellan's Staff

Brady's Album Gallery Card

Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 1/2 x 3 7/8 card. 1862 Barnard & Gibson imprint on the front of the mount. Group of 4 Union officers in uniform, all wearing kepi's and sitting on camp chairs in front of a tent. Mount is trimmed. Light age toning and wear. Photographic label on the reverse, Brady's Album Gallery, No. 388. Group of Officers of Gen'l McClellan's Staff, May 20, 1862. Desirable 1862 Virginia Peninsula campaign image.  

Union Officer Photographed in Baltimore

Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 1/2 x 4 card. Excellent quality full seated view of a bearded Yankee officer wearing a double breasted frock coat with oak leaf clearly visible on his shoulder strap indicating that his rank was major or lieutenant colonel. He is also wearing a pair of wire rim spectacles. His kepi with U.S. hat wreath insignia sits on top of the studio table at his side. Backmark: Bendann Bros., Baltimore. Very sharp image.  

CDV Union Battery in Action Near Fair Oaks, Va.

Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Excellent view of a Federal artillery battery in action near Fair Oaks, Va. in June 1862. Numerous Union soldiers and cannon are seen in the view. Backmark: C.M. Tuttle, Sodus, N.Y. Very fine.