CIVIL WAR CDVs | Union Brevet Brigadier Generals
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507 CDV of BBG George Alexander Forsyth, 8th Illinois Cavalry, AdC to Sheridan and Later Notable Service in Indian Wars Bvt. Brig. Gen. George Alexander Forsyth, Maj. 8th Illinois Cavalry, AdC to Sheridan, rose from the rank of private at enlistment, after the war received a commission in the regular army as Maj. 9th US Cavalry and dispatched to Indian Territory, where he earned another brevet to brigadier general for actions at the Battle of Beecher Island and Roman Nose, later served as Sheridan’s military secretary and again as his aide-de-camp, retiring in 1890 as Lt. Col. 4th US Cavalry; carte by Kempe & Gates, Rochester, NY, with verso revenue stamp. $550 - $750
508 Three CDVs, Illinois BBGs: Wallace W. Barrett, John L. Beveridge, John C. Black Lot of 3: Bvt. Brig. Gen. Wallace Watson Barrett, Col. 44th IL, carte by Godshaw & Flexner, Louisville, KY, possibly autographed on verso. Bvt. Brig. Gen. John Lourie Beveridge, Maj. 8th IL Cav., carte by Crater’s Union Gallery. Bvt. Brig. Gen. John Charles Black, Lt. Col. 37th IL, carte by J.J. Outley’s, St. Louis. $800 - $1,000
509 Two CDVs, Illinois BBGs: William P. Carlin and James H. Coates Lot of 2: Bvt. Maj. Gen. William Carlin, Col. 38th IL Inf., USMA graduate with prewar and postwar service on the Western frontier as part of the 6th US Infantry, carte by J.W. Campbell, photographer to XX Corps, Army of the Cumberland, signed beneath portrait. Bvt. Brig. Gen. James H. Coates, Col. 11th IL Inf., carte by Washington Gallery, Vicksburg, MS, signed beneath portrait. $375 - $550
510 CDV of BBG David Ramsey Clendenin, 8th Ill. Cav., Involved in Trial of Lincoln Conspirators Bvt. Brig. Gen. David Ramsay Clendenin, Lt. Col. 8th IL Cav., after the war served as one of the nine voting members of the military commission that tried the Lincoln conspirators. Carte lacks photographer’s identification. $300 - $500
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