Union Generals CDV's

CDV General Ambrose E. Burnside

(1824-1881) Graduated in the West Point class of 1847. Mexican War veteran. Serving on the western frontier, he was wounded in a skirmish with Apaches in 1849. He resigned his commission in 1853, invented a breech loading rifle, was appointed a Major General of the Rhode Island State Militia and was elected to Congress as a Democrat. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he organized the 1st Rhode Island Infantry, becoming their Colonel. He was in command of a brigade at 1st Bull Run. Having become a Lincoln favorite, he was given command of the expedition...  

CDV General John E. Smith

(1816-97) Born in Berne, Switzerland, his father was a Napoleonic officer who fought at Waterloo. His family moved to America when he was a young boy settling in Philadelphia where he learned the trade of jeweler and goldsmith. He later moved to Galena, Illinois and in 1860 was elected county treasurer. He may have rescued a struggling U.S. Grant from obscurity when he recommended him to Governor Yates in 1861, stating that Grant would be very helpful in raising and organizing a regiment for the field. He served on the governor's staff for a time, then...  

CDV General Franz Sigel

(1824-1902) Was born in Baden, Germany. He graduated from a military academy at Karlsruhe in 1843, and became a subaltern in the service of Grand Duke Leopold. During the 1848 insurrections he acted as minister of war for the revolutionary forces which were overthrown by the Prussians. He fled to New York in 1852. During the years before the war he taught school and held a major's commission in the 5th New York Militia. Sigel became a brigadier general on August 7, 1861, and a major general on March 22, 1862. Despite his military shortcomings, he did much...  

CDV General Ulysses S. Grant

(1822-1885) Graduated in the West Point class of 1843. Fought in the Mexican War. Commander-in-Chief of all Union armies 1863-65. He fought at Shiloh, Vicksburg, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor and in the Appomattox campaign. Served as 18th President of the United States 1869-77.

Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 3 7/8 card. Beautiful portrait of General Grant seated in front of a tent. Imprint on the front mount: Lieut. Gen. U.S. Grant. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865, by Anthony...  

CDV General Godfrey Weitzel

(1835-84) Graduated #2 in the West Point class of 1855. In the spring of 1862, he was appointed as the chief engineer of Gen. Butler's expedition against New Orleans. After the occupation, Weitzel became 2nd in command and acting mayor, and was promoted to brigadier general. He commanded a division under Gen. Banks at Port Hudson and then returned east to become chief engineer of Butler's Army of the James operating against Petersburg. In 1864, now promoted to major general, he successively commanded the 18th and 25th Corps, the latter composed entirely...  

CDV General Francis P. Blair, Jr.

(1821-75) The son of an advisor to presidents and the brother of Montgomery Blair, Abraham Lincoln's first postmaster general. From secession to reconstruction, Francis P. Blair, Jr. made a series of major contributions to the Union cause. No man did more to block Missouri's joining the Confederacy in 1861; as a U.S. Congressman he battled for Lincoln's early war programs; he was a distinguished divisional and corps commander in the Vicksburg and Atlanta campaigns; and as a post war senator battled the Radical Republicans in an attempt to bring...  

CDV General Nathaniel Lyon

Killed in the battle of Wilson's Creek, Missouri in 1861

(1818-61) Graduated from West Point in 1841 ranking #11. During the years before the Civil War he fought against the Florida Seminoles and was brevetted captain for gallantry in the Mexican War. More than any other man he saved Missouri for the Union in 1861. He was killed in action at the battle of Wilson's Creek, Mo., August 10, 1861.

Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 1/2 x 4 card. Full standing view in uniform with epaulettes and holding his hat and...  

CDV General Joseph Hooker

(1814-1879) Graduated in the West Point class of 1837. He displayed a gallant record in the Mexican War. A solid combat officer, Hooker fought in the Peninsular campaign, the Seven Days battles, 2nd Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, where he commanded the Army of the Potomac, and the Atlanta campaign. His sobriquet was, "Fighting Joe" Hooker.

Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Seated view in uniform with rank of brigadier general, cradling sword across his arm. Gurney & Son. N.Y....  

CDV General Henry D. Terry

(1812-69) Born in Hartford, Connecticut, he moved to Michigan as a young man, studied law, and opened a law practice in Detroit. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he recruited and organized the 5th Michigan Infantry, and was commissioned their colonel on June 10, 1861. During the 1862 Virginia Peninsular campaign, he served in Berry's Brigade, of Kearny's Division, of the 3rd Corps, Army of the Potomac, and suffered heavy losses at Williamsburg and Seven Pines. He was promoted to brigadier general, July 17, 1862. In the spring of 1863, he commanded a...  

CDV General John G. Foster

(1823-1874) Graduated 4th in the West Point class of 1846. He won two brevets and was severely wounded in the Mexican War. As chief engineer of the fortifications of Charleston Harbor, he was a leading participant in the bombardment of Fort Sumter. He later took part in General Burnside's North Carolina expedition, and commanded the Department of North Carolina, the Department of Ohio, the Department of the South, and the Department of Florida respectively.

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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 General Alpheus S. Williams

(1810-78) He was commissioned a brigadier general in the U. S. service on Aug. 9, 1861. He commanded a division of Gen. N. P. Banks's troops during the 1862 Shenandoah Valley campaign and at the battle of Cedar Mountain. Williams was in temporary command of the 12th Corps after it's commander Gen. J.K.F. Mansfield was killed at Antietam. He fought gallantly at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, and then went with the western army under General W.T. Sherman fighting in the Atlanta campaign, Sherman's March To The Sea and the 1865 Carolina's...