CDV Lieutenant Colonel Thomas M. Davies

14th New York Infantry

Enlisted on April 23, 1861, and was commissioned 1st lieutenant, of the 14th New York Infantry. Promoted to captain, May 17, 1861; major, Nov. 25, 1861; and lieutenant colonel, June 27, 1862.

Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Bust view in uniform with oak leaf visible on his shoulder straps indicating rank of major or lieutenant colonel. No backmark. Light stain to bottom of the card mount. Period pencil ID below his likeness, Lieut. Col. Davies, 14 N.Y. The ID is...  

CDV Union Officer With Sword

Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Full standing view of Union officer wearing a single breasted frock coat with epaulettes, wearing one gauntlet while holding the other one in his opposite hand, sash, sword, and holding kepi with infantry insignia and what appear to be the regimental numerals "12." Backmark: Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries, New York and Washington, D.C. Very fine image.  

CDV Colonel John S. Slocum

2nd Rhode Island Infantry

Killed in 1861 at the 1st battle of Bull Run!

A Mexican War veteran, he served as a captain of the 9th U.S. Infantry. Before the war he worked with his father-in-law, Charles T. James, in the manufacture and sale of the James cannon and projectiles. He was 36 years old and a resident of Providence, Rhode Island, when he enlisted as a major, on April 17, 1861, and was commissioned into the 1st Rhode Island Infantry. He was discharged on June 4, 1861, for promotion, and was commissioned colonel, 2nd Rhode...  

CDV General Hasbrouck Davis

Colonel 12th Illinois Cavalry

(1827-70) A Unitarian minister and lawyer before the war. He enlisted on Nov. 18, 1861, as lieutenant colonel, and was commissioned into the 12th Illinois Cavalry. Promoted to colonel, Jan. 5, 1864; and brevet brigadier general, Mar. 13, 1865. He was lost at sea aboard the steamer Cambria, Oct. 19, 1870. He was the son of Massachusetts Governor John Davis.

Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Bust view in uniform. No backmark. Bottom of the mount is slightly trimmed....  

CDV Brevet Brigadier General William M. McArthur

Colonel 8th Maine Infantry

(1832-1917) Born in Limington, Maine. His occupation was that of a lawyer and farmer. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1853. He enlisted on Sept. 7, 1861, as a captain, and was commissioned into Co. I, 8th Maine Infantry. He was promoted to major, April 11, 1864; wounded at Petersburg, Va., June 18, 1864; promoted to lieutenant colonel, Sept. 13, 1864; colonel & brevet brigadier general, Mar. 13, 1865. He was commended for gallantry in the battles of Drury's Bluff, and Williamsburg Road, Va.

Wet plate,...  

CDV Lieutenant Watson B. Smith, 8th Michigan Cavalry

Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Bust view in uniform with shoulder strap visible. No backmark. Very fine.

Watson B. Smith, was a 24 year old resident of Detroit, when he enlisted on August 27, 1862, at Detroit, as Sergeant, and was mustered into Co. C, 8th Michigan Cavalry. Promoted to 1st lieutenant, Nov. 6, 1862; Acting Adjutant General on General Sanders staff, Oct. 29, 1863; captain, April 15, 1864; captured Aug. 2, 1864, during Stoneman's Cavalry Raid; major, Nov. 14, 1864; brevet lieutenant colonel,...  

CDV Union Officer

Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph mounted to 2 3/8 x 3 1/8 card. Bust view of a heavily bearded Yankee officer wearing a double breasted uniform coat with shoulder strap. Backmark: Hesler, 113 Lake St., Chicago. Card is trimmed. Light age toning.  

CDV General Napoleon Bonaparte McLaughlin

Colonel 1st Massachusetts Infantry

Colonel 57th Massachusetts Infantry

Captured at Fort Stedman & confined in Libby Prison

Received 5 brevets for gallantry during the Civil War including Chancellorsville and Gettysburg!

(1823-87) Born at Chelsea, Vermont, he served in the regular U.S. Army having had a decade's experience in the ranks of the 2nd U.S. Dragoons before the start of the Civil War. He was commissioned 2nd lieutenant, 1st U.S. Cavalry, March 27, 1861; 1st lieutenant, May 3, 1861; transferred to the 4th U.S....  

CDV Lieutenant Charles W. Thomas, 1st U.S. Infantry

Graduated in the West Point class of 1855. Prior to the Civil War he served as a lieutenant in the 5th, and 1st U.S. Infantry Regiments respectively. In 1861, he was commissioned into the U.S. Quartermaster's Department, and was promoted to lieutenant colonel, on August 20, 1862. He remained in the U.S. Army until his resignation, on May 31, 1872.

Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 1/4 x 4 card. Full standing view wearing a single breasted frock coat with shoulder straps, and holding his kepi with U.S. Infantry hat insignia...  

CDV Colonel Henry F. Clarke

Brevet Brigadier and Major General

Cited for gallantry in the battle of Gettysburg

(1820-87) Born in Brownsville, Pa., he graduated in the West Point class of 1843. He fought in the Mexican War earning the brevet of captain for gallantry in the battle of Chapultepec. During the Civil War he served as colonel, and aide-de-camp on the staff of General George B. McClellan; and served as Assistant Commissary General of Subsistence, and Chief Commissary of Subsistence, Army of the Potomac. He was promoted to brevet brigadier general, March...  

CDV Colonel Edgar M. Gregory

91st Pennsylvania Infantry

Brevet Brigadier General

(1804-71) Enlisted on December 4, 1861, and was commissioned colonel, 91st Pennsylvania Infantry. He was wounded in action on May 3, 1863, during the battle of Chancellorsville. Breveted brigadier general, September 30, 1864, for gallant and distinguished service in the battle of Poplar Spring Church, Va. Breveted major general, for gallant conduct in the battle of Five Forks, Va.

Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Standing view wearing...  

CDV 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...