Half-length studio CDV portrait of General Ulysses S. Grant as Major General. Nashville, Tennessee: C.C. Giers. Photographer's imprint to mount verso. SIGNED BY ULYSSES S. GRANT to mount verso: "U.S. Grant / Maj Gen. U.S.V."

A scarce, signed view of Ulysses S. Grant taken at the height of the Civil War. The general is captured in profile, his hair slightly rumpled, his buttoned double-breasted frock coat billowing at his chest, and his hands gently clasped in his lap. Grant's shoulder straps bear the two stars of major general. His rank places this view as being taken after February 1862, following the important victory at Fort Donelson when Grant was promoted to major general of volunteers.

A tender, boldly signed portrait showing the general carrying the burdens of the Union's war effort.

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