Confederate CDV's

CDV General Robert E. Lee

(1807-1870) Born at Stratford, in Westmoreland County, Va. Son of the legendary Revolutionary War hero, "Lighthorse Harry" Lee. Graduated #2 in the West Point class of 1829 without a single demerit to his name in 4 years! He emerged from the Mexican War with one wound, three brevets for gallantry, a brilliant reputation, and the ever lasting esteem of the commanding General of the U.S.A., Winfield Scott, who said Lee was "the very best soldier that I ever saw in the field." Served as Superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy,...  

CDV General Lunsford L. Lomax

(1835-1913) Graduated in the West Point class of 1856. After routine frontier duty in the cavalry, he tendered his resignation from the U.S. Army on April 25, 1861, and soon received a captain's commission in the Virginia state forces. He was then promoted to rank of lieutenant colonel and served on the staffs of Generals' Ben McCulloch, J.E. Johnston, and Earl Van Dorn. After seeing duty as inspector general of the Army of West Tennessee, he was sent east and commissioned as colonel of the 11th Virginia Cavalry. He saw action in the Gettysburg campaign,...  

CDV General Franklin Gardner

(1823-73) Graduated in the West Point class of 1843. He fought in the Mexican War earning two brevets (Monterey & Cerro Gordo) for gallantry. He was appointed lieutenant colonel in the Regular Confederate Army in early 1861. Commanded a cavalry brigade at the battle of Shiloh, and was promoted to brigadier general, April 11, 1862. During Bragg's invasion of Kentucky, he commanded a brigade in Polk's corps. Gardner was placed in command of the Mississippi River stronghold, at Port Hudson, La., which he was forced to surrender in July 1863. After his...  

CDV General Thomas J. Stonewall Jackson

Mortally wounded in the battle of Chancellorsville

(1824-1863) He graduated in the West Point class of 1846, a class that was to furnish 24 general officers to the Union and Confederate armies during 1861-65. He won the brevets of captain and major during the Mexican War. Resigning his U.S. Army commission, he became an instructor at the Virginia Military Institute in 1852. He earned the sobriquet "STONEWALL" for his gallant stand at the battle of 1st Manassas in 1861. He waged a magnificent campaign in 1862, in the Shenandoah...  

CDV 1st and 3rd Confederate National Flags

Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Vignettes of the Confederate States of America, 1st National Flag which was known as "The Stars and Bars," and the 3rd National Flag known as "The Blood Stained Banner." C.S.A. is imprinted between the flags. Backmark: label of Selden & Co., Richmond, Va. Hand tinted in color. Age toning. Very fine.

 

CDV Lieutenant Colonel James O. Nixon, C.S.A.

1st Louisiana Cavalry

Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 3 7/8 card. Half view, seated pose, in Confederate uniform. Backmark: J. Gurney & Son, 707 Broadway, N.Y. Light age toning and edge wear to the mount. Tiny pin hole at top of mount. Mount is trimmed. Very fine. Scarce.

In June 1861, Colonel John S. Scott, who at the time was serving as a scout for General John B. Magruder in Virginia, was called upon to recruit a cavalry regiment, so he returned to his native Louisiana and began the task. Most...  

CDV General P.G.T. Beauregard

(1818-93) The 4th highest ranking officer in the Confederacy, and one of the best known Confederate Generals to come out of the War Between The States. He graduated #2 in the West Point class of 1838, and was brevetted captain and major for gallantry in the Mexican War. He was in command at Charleston, S.C., in April 1861, during the bombardment and capture of Fort Sumter, and rose to instant fame in the Confederacy. He also saw action at 1st Manassas, Shiloh, the 1863-64 Charleston, S.C. campaign, Bermuda Hundred and Petersburg, Va. Beauregard was a...  

CDV Confederate 2nd National Flag

Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. The central theme of the card is the Confederate States of America 2nd National Flag which is surrounded by various battlefield vignettes, and a Confederate shield and cannons at the bottom. Title at the bottom says, In Memoriam. Backmark: photographic label of Selden & Co., Richmond, Va. Hand tinted in color. Light age toning and wear. Very fine.

The Confederate 2nd National Flag was also known as "The Stainless Banner."  

CDV General Robert E. Lee

(1807-1870) Born at Stratford, in Westmoreland County, Va. Son of the legendary Revolutionary War hero, "Lighthorse Harry" Lee. Graduated #2 in the West Point class of 1829 without a single demerit to his name in 4 years! He emerged from the Mexican War with one wound, three brevets for gallantry, a brilliant reputation, and the ever lasting esteem of the commanding General of the U.S.A., Winfield Scott, who said Lee was "the very best soldier that I ever saw in the field." Served as Superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy,...  

CDV General Robert E. Lee

(1807-1870) Born at Stratford, in Westmoreland County, Va. Son of the legendary Revolutionary War hero, "Lighthorse Harry" Lee. Graduated #2 in the West Point class of 1829 without a single demerit to his name in 4 years! He emerged from the Mexican War with one wound, three brevets for gallantry, a brilliant reputation, and the ever lasting esteem of the commanding General of the U.S.A., Winfield Scott, who said Lee was "the very best soldier that I ever saw in the field." Served as Superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy,...  

CDV General Stonewall Jackson

Mortally wounded at Chancellorsville, Va. in 1863

(1824-1863) He graduated in the West Point class of 1846, a class that was to furnish 24 general officers to the Union and Confederate armies during 1861-65. He won the brevets of captain and major during the Mexican War. Resigning his U.S. Army commission, he became an instructor at the Virginia Military Institute in 1852. He earned the sobriquet "STONEWALL" for his gallant stand at the battle of 1st Manassas in 1861. He waged a magnificent campaign in 1862, in the Shenandoah...  

CDV General Richard Taylor

(1826-79) Son of General and President Zachary Taylor, and brother-in-law of Jefferson Davis. Graduated from Yale in 1845. He was his father's military secretary during the Mexican War. Later a sugar planter in Louisiana, he became interested in politics and served in the state senate from 1856 to 1861. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Taylor was appointed colonel of the 9th Louisiana Infantry. He was promoted to brigadier general on Oct. 21, 1861, and major general on July 28, 1862. He served under Stonewall Jackson in the 1862 Valley campaign, and in...