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 Basil Duke

(1838-1916) Born in Scott County, Kentucky, at the start of the Civil War he enlisted as a private in the Lexington Rifles, in the company of his brother-in-law, the celebrated John Hunt Morgan. The unit soon became part of the 2nd Kentucky Cavalry and Duke was appointed lieutenant colonel and then colonel. Playing a gallant role in all the operations of General Morgan's command, Duke was captured during the celebrated raid into Ohio and Indiana and was a prisoner of war for more than a year. After his exchange he commanded in Eastern Kentucky and Western...  

CDV General Fitzhugh Lee

Rare Confederate salt print

(1835-1905) Nephew of General Robert E. Lee. Graduate of the West Point class of 1856. A special favorite of General J.E.B. Stuart, Fitz Lee played a gallant role in all of the operations of the Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, particularly distinguishing himself at Spotsylvania Court House, where his division's gallant stand enabled the 1st Corps to secure the strategic crossroads in advance of Grant's army. He was severely wounded at Winchester, Va. After Wade Hampton was ordered to North Carolina in...  

CDV General Joseph B. Kershaw

(1822-94) An outstanding example of the American citizen soldier, he was born at Camden, S.C., studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1843. After serving in the Mexican War as a first lieutenant of the Palmetto Regiment, he resumed his law practice, was twice elected to the legislature, and to the secession convention in 1860. Entering the Civil War as colonel of the 2nd South Carolina Infantry, he was present on Morris Island during the bombardment of Fort Sumter in April 1861, and at the battle of 1st Manassas. He was promoted brigadier general to...  

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 Major Thomas A. Brander

Letcher Light Artillery of Virginia

Wounded in action in the battle of Fredericksburg, Va. in 1862

Major General and Commander of the Virginia Division of the U.C.V.

A resident of Henrico County, Brander was commissioned into the Letcher Light Artillery of Virginia, on February 17, 1862. He was wounded in action at the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., on December 13, 1862. Served as Commander of the Virginia Division of the U.C.V., with rank of major general. Buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va.

Wet plate, albumen...  

CDV General John Bell Hood

Extremely rare "one of a kind" Confederate salt print!

From the Major R. Channing Price family album presented by his cousin General J.E.B. Stuart!

John Bell Hood: (1831-79) Graduated in the West Point class of 1853. He resigned his U.S. Army commission on April 17, 1861, and thereafter distinguished himself on many Civil War battlefields as a regimental, brigade, division and army commander. The hard fighting Hood saw action in the Virginia peninsular campaign, 2nd Manassas, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, he was severely...  

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 Confederate Surgeon, William M. Whistler

The son of Whistler's Mother!

He delivered important secret dispatches for the Confederate government to Confederate agents in England!

Very rare Confederate Surgeon's image

(1836-1900) Born in Lowell, Mass., he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in 1860. He was the brother of the famous impressionist painter, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, who is probably best known for his painting known as "Whistler’s Mother," the subject being their real life mother, Anna Matilda McNeill Whistler. ...  

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 William Henry Fitzhugh Lee

Rare Confederate salt print

(1837-1922) The second son of General Robert E. Lee, nicknamed "Rooney." A Harvard educated man, he promptly entered Confederate service upon the secession of his native state, and became colonel of the 9th Virginia Cavalry. He served with the famous Confederate cavalry General J.E.B. Stuart through virtually all of the cavalry campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia. He was promoted to brigadier general to rank from Sept. 15, 1862. He was severely wounded during the battle of Brandy Station, Va.,...  

CDV General Edward Johnson

Rare Confederate salt print

Led Stonewall Jackson's old division at Gettysburg, the Wilderness, and Spotsylvania

(1816-73) Known as "Old Allegheny," he was born in Chesterfield County, Va., and graduated in the West Point class of 1838. He served in the Seminole War, and was twice brevetted for gallantry during the Mexican War. At the outbreak of the Civil War he was appointed colonel of the 12th Georgia Infantry, and was promoted to brigadier general, Dec. 13, 1861, and major general, Feb. 28, 1863. He fought with...