Officers & Enlisted Men CDV's

CDV Colonel John Hammond

5th New York Cavalry

Brevet Brigadier General

(1827-89) Born at Crown Point, N.Y., he attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y. He enlisted on Sept. 17, 1861, as a captain, and was commissioned into the 5th New York Cavalry. He was promoted to major, Sept. 26, 1862; lieutenant colonel, March 19, 1864; colonel, July 3, 1864; and brevet brigadier general, March 13, 1865. He served as a United States Congressman, 1879-83.

Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Half view in uniform...  

CDV Colonel Norton P. Chipman

Brevet Brigadier General

Judge Advocate during the trial of Andersonville Commandant Henry Wirz

(1836-1924) Born in Union County, Ohio, he attended Washington College, and Cincinnati Law School, graduating in 1859. During his professional career he was a lawyer, judge, and U.S. Congressman, 1871-75. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he enlisted on May 28, 1861, as a 2nd lieutenant, and was commissioned into the 2nd Iowa Infantry. He was promoted to major, September 23, 1861, and wounded in the thigh on February 15, 1862, during the...  

CDV Colonel Thomas E. Chickering

41st Massachusetts Volunteers

Brevet Brigadier General

Autographed carte de visite

(1824-71) Born in Boston, Mass. He was a 38 year old manufacturer from Boston when he enlisted on September 15, 1862, and was commissioned colonel of the 41st Massachusetts Infantry. (The designation of the regiment was changed to the 3rd Massachusetts Cavalry on June 17, 1863). He was promoted to brevet brigadier general, March 13, 1865, for his distinguished and meritorious Civil War record. Chickering saw action at Baton Rouge, Port Hudson,...  

CDV Brevet Brigadier General Alvin C. Voris

Lieutenant Colonel 67th Ohio Infantry

Wounded in action at Fort Wagner, South Carolina!

(1827-1904) Born in Stark County, Ohio, he attended Oberlin College, studied law, and was a lawyer and judge by occupation. He was a resident of Akron when he was commissioned lieutenant colonel, 67th Ohio Infantry, on October 3, 1861. He was wounded in action on July 18, 1863, at Fort Wagner, South Carolina, the battle made famous by the charge of the 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry. Promoted to brevet brigadier general, December 8, 1864, and...  

CDV Colonel Robert H.G. Minty

4th Michigan Cavalry

Brevet Major General

Autographed carte de visite

(1831-1906) Born in Ireland, he was a railroad executive by occupation, and a resident of Jackson County, Michigan, when he enlisted on Oct. 2, 1861, as major, and was commissioned into the 2nd Michigan Cavalry. Discharged for promotion on November 1, 1861, and was commissioned lieutenant colonel, 3rd Michigan Cavalry. Discharged for promotion on March 26, 1862, and was commissioned colonel of the 4th Michigan Cavalry. Promoted to brevet brigadier general,...  

CDV Colonel Horace C. Lee

27th Massachusetts Infantry

Captured at Drewry's Bluff, Va.

Brevet Brigadier General

(1822-84) Born at Springfield, Mass., he enlisted on Sept. 3, 1861, and was commissioned colonel, of the 27th Massachusetts Infantry. Later served as Provost Marshal General, Department of Virginia and North Carolina. Captured on May 16, 1864, at Drewry's Bluff, Va., and was confined at Macon, Ga., and Columbia, S.C. Was exchanged at Charleston, S.C., August 3, 1864. Commissioned brevet brigadier general, March 13, 1865, for gallant and...  

CDV Colonel Aaron F. Stevens

13th New Hampshire Infantry

Twice wounded during the war!

Brevet Brigadier General

Autographed carte de visite

(1819-87) Born in Derry, N.H., he was a lawyer by occupation. Served as a member of the New Hampshire state house of representatives in 1845. He was a delegate to the Whig National Convention in 1852, and served as solicitor of Hillsborough County 1856-1861. At the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted on April 29, 1861, as major, and was commissioned into the 1st New Hampshire Infantry, a 90 days unit,...  

Lieutenant Francis E. Brownell

Ellsworth's Avenger

Medal of Honor Recipient

(1840-94) Member of Co. A, 11th New York Infantry. On May 24, 1861 Union troops in Alexandria, Va. took exception to a Confederate flag that flew on the roof of the Marshall House hotel, which was visible to President Lincoln from the White House. Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth, leading a squad of his 11th New York Fire Zouaves, decided to pull the flag down. Having removed it, Ellsworth was shot dead as he started down the stairs from the roof by the hotel's owner James T. Jackson. After a...  

CDV Brevet Brigadier General James C. Beecher

Chaplain 67th New York Infantry

(1828-86) Brother of the famous preacher and abolitionist, Henry Ward Beecher, and sister of the abolitionist and author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," Harriet Beecher Stowe. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1848, and was a congregational clergyman before the Civil War. He enlisted at Brooklyn, N.Y., on June 20, 1861, as chaplain of the 67th New York Infantry. He had subsequent service as lieutenant colonel, of the 141st New York Infantry, and colonel of the 35th U.S. Colored Infantry. He was promoted...  

CDV Lieutenant Colonel Ira Spaulding

50th New York Engineers

Brevet Brigadier General

(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...  

CDV Group of Yankees

Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 1/2 x 3 3/4 card. View of 7 Union soldiers, 4 standing, and 3 seated. 4 of them are clearly officers indicated by their uniforms and insignia. The officer seated at the center is wearing a kepi with infantry insignia and holding his sword. The officer seated at the right is wearing a slouch hat with cloth hat wreath insignia and high leather boots. The officer standing at far left is a 1st lieutenant as indicated by his shoulder strap. He is wearing a kepi, a cape hangs over one shoulder, leather...  

CDV Union Infantrymen

Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 1/2 x 3 3/4 card. Excellent view of what is probably the remnants of an infantry company lined up in front of a building to have their likeness taken for posterity. Very sharp image showing the soldiers either wearing a kepi or slouch hat, over the shoulder belts, oval belt plates, you can see a couple of cap pouches on their belts, and all pose with their muskets with fixed bayonets. A sergeant stands at each end of the company, two officers with swords stand in front, and one officer with sword...