JEFFERSON COLUMBUS DAVIS
(1828 - 1879) Union brigadier general who was in Fort Sumter at the start of the war. He killed Major General William Nelson over a perceived slight, was acquitted, and later fought at Atlanta and in the Carolinas. Carte de visite photograph, likely war-date, a chest, up photo of the general in uniform. Toned, a small surface ding near his head, period identification at bottom.