A group of 5 albumen CDVs of Union generals, including:
Full-length studio portrait of John W. Geary seated in uniform with officer's tasseled sash and sheathed sword. Period inscription to verso reads: "Col John W. Geary / the Hero of Bolivar Heights Va / October 16/1861, / With Kind love of Bro Frank / Point of Rocks, MO Nov 22/61". John W. Geary (1819-1873) was a member of state militias as a teenager and joined the 2nd Pennsylvania Infantry as a lieutenant colonel during the Mexican-American War, heroically leading the regiment at Chapultepec, receiving 5 wounds. He then moved west and was involved in California politics, serving as the final alcalde of San Francisco and then as the city's first mayor. After declining the governorship of Utah Territory, he accepted the position of governor of Kansas Territory in 1856 during the tumultuous Bleeding Kansas Era. Somewhat of a moderate, he managed to anger both the abolitionists and the pro-slavery factions. At the start of the Civil War, he raised the 147th and 28th Pennsylvania Infantry regiments and became colonel of the latter, when this image was taken and inscribed. He served the entirety of the war, promoted to brigadier general on 25 April 1862 during the Valley campaign, seeing heavy action at Chancellorsville where he was WIA, Gettysburg, and distinguished service during the Atlanta Campaign, Sherman's March to the Sea, and the Carolinas Campaign. He oversaw the surrender of Savannah near the close of the war. He returned to politics, serving two terms as Governor of Pennsylvania after the war.

Full-length studio portrait of Abner Doubleday in uniform with his wife Mary. New York & Washington D.C.: Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries. Photographer's imprint to verso.

Three-quarter length studio portrait of William A. Hammond. Philadelphia: J.W. Queen & Co., O.H. Willard. Photographer's imprints to mount verso. William A. Hammond (1828-1900) served as the 11th Surgeon General of the United States during the Civil War and later founded the Army Medical Museum (now the National Museum of Health and Medicine). Generally regarded as one of the first American physicians to fully devote himself to the study of neurology, he also was a co-founder of the American Neurological Association.

Vignetted portrait of George A. Meade. Philadelphia: J.E. McClees. Pencil inscription to verso reads: "This preferred".

Three-quarter length portrait of George Meade. New York: E. & H.T. Anthony. Pencil inscription to verso identifies the subject. With blue 2-cent revenue stamp.

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