CDV, Lieutenant Colonel, Barton S. Alexander

Chief Engineer of the defenses of Washington, D.C., in 1861

Photograph taken by Alexander Gardner, Washington, D.C.

(1819-78) Born in Nicholas County, Kentucky, he graduated #7 in the West Point class of 1842, and was commissioned into the elite U.S. Engineers Corps. He served in the Mexican War, as an engineer officer building fortifications to protect the supply lines of the U.S. Army during their advance upon Mexico City. After the war, he was stationed in Washington, D.C., where he served as architect for the Scott Building of...  

CDV, Armed United States Civil War Officer Holding Chapeau

Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Full standing view of an officer wearing a double breasted frock coat with rank of brigadier general, epaulets, sash, eagle belt plate, sword attached to his belt, and holding his chapeau with a cloth U.S. infantry hat insignia in the front, and pinned up on the side with a Hardee hat plate. Studio pose with column, railing and drapes in the background. No back mark. Light age toning. Excellent content. Very fine Civil War image of an unidentified United States officer.  

CDV, Colonel Aaron F. Stevens

Colonel 13th New Hampshire Infantry

Wounded at the Battle of Cold Harbor, Va., and the Capture of Fort Harrison, Va.

United States Congressman from New Hampshire

Autographed carte de visite with rank & regiment

(1819-87) Born in Derry, N.H., he was a lawyer by occupation, and 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...  

CDV, General Charles B. Spicer

Served as brigadier general in the New York State Militia in the 1850's and during the Civil War.

Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 1/4 card. Standing view wearing double breasted frock coat with epaulets and rank of brigadier general. He is also wearing what appears to be a two piece N.Y. belt plate, sash, and is holding his sword. His chapeau with plume sits on top of the studio table at his side. Back mark: J. Gurney & Son, 707 Broadway, N.Y. Very sharp. Excellent image.  

CDV, Lietenant Colonel Calvin N. Otis, 100th New York Infantry

Promoted to Brevet Brigadier General in 1865

(1814-83) Born in Onondaga County, N.Y., he was an architect and builder by trade. Otis designed St. John's Church, in Savannah, Ga., in 1851, the Buffalo Broadway Auditorium, the Buffalo Medical College and Mariners Church of Detroit. During the Civil War he served as lieutenant colonel of the 100th New York Infantry, and led his regiment during the capture of Folly Island, South Carolina. He was promoted to rank of brevet brigadier general, on March 13, 1865, for "faithful and meritorious...  

CDV, General Benjamin F. Butler and Staff

Very rare image including Major George C. Strong, future Union General who was mortally wounded at Fort Wagner, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, in 1863, leading the storming columns which included the famous 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry

United States Congressman from Massachusetts

Member of the President Andrew Johnson Impeachment Congress

Governor of Massachusetts

(1818-1893) Born in Deerfield, New Hampshire, and raised in Lowell, Massachusetts, he was a colorful and often controversial figure on the national...  

CDV, Colonel Charles Zagonyi

Rare image of the Commander of General John C. Fremont's personal bodyguard in Missouri

Zagonyi was a native Hungarian who served with the elite Hungarian Hussars in their Revolutionary Army in the revolt of 1848-1849

1822-70) Born in Szinyérváralja, Hungary, he served as a first lieutenant in the Hungarian Revolutionary Army during the 1848-1849 revolt. Known in the United States as Charles Zagonyi, his given name in Hungary was Károly Zágonyi. General Josef Bem assigned him to lead a picked company of cavalry, and he saved the...  

CDV, Colonel Henry S. Lansing

Autographed carte de visite with rank and regiment

Photographed as colonel of the 17th New York Infantry

(1824-82) Born in Utica, N.Y., prior to the Civil War, Lansing was a key participant in the establishment of the "Military Association of New York." He enlisted in the Union army on May 18, 1861, at New York City, and was commissioned colonel of the 17th New York Infantry, a 2 year regiment. He saw action during the Siege of Yorktown, Va., as well as in the Seven Days Battles where he was seriously wounded and had to be...  

CDV, General William R. Brown

Colonel 19th New York Infantry

Colonel 168th New York Infantry

Image taken in Newburgh, New York

(1819-78) Born at Newburgh, New York, he was engaged in the manufacture of lime before the war. Brown enlisted at the age of 43 years old, on May 26, 1862, at Newburgh, N.Y., and was commissioned colonel in the 19th New York Infantry which he commanded. This 3 months regiment hailed from Orange County, N.Y. He then mustered out of the regiment at the expiration of their term of service, on September 6, 1862, having served at...  

CDV, Taylor's Tavern, Near Falls Church, Virginia

1862 Mathew Brady Image

Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 1/2 x 4 card. View of Taylor's Tavern with a Union officer with saber standing in the foreground. A Union soldier standing at attention is visible at the center of the view. Imprint on the front mount: Entered According to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by M.B. Brady, to the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia. Back mark: Brady's Album Gallery, No. 296. Taylor's Tavern. Entered According to Act of Congress, in the year 1862,...  

CDV, Union Pennsylvania Private

Photographed in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania

Home of the manufacturer of the famous Griffin artillery gun highly used during the Civil War

Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Full standing view of handsome young Yankee private wearing a 9 button frock coat and kepi and posing with one hand resting on the top of a cushion backed studio chair with drape in the background. Back mark: Photographed by M.B. Yarnall, Phoenixville, Pa. Corners of the mount are very slightly trimmed. Very nice Civil War...  

CDV, Lieutenant Commander William B. Cushing, U.S. Navy

He destroyed the Confederate ram Albemarle on October 24, 1864, in the Roanoke River, N.C. with a torpedo-tipped spar, one of the most daring feats of the Civil War

(1842-74) Born in Delafield, Wisconsin, he was appointed to the United States Naval Academy in 1857, and was obliged to resign in his fourth year on March 23, 1861, for his irreverent attitude, and practical jokes. At the start of the Civil War, Cushing appealed to the Secretary of the Navy, Gideon Welles, to be given a second chance to redeem himself, and he was appointed...