CIVIL WAR CDVs | Generals
69 Four CDVs: Corcoran, Robt. Cowdin, Thomas Crittenden, Marcellus M. Crocker Lot of 4: Maj. Gen. Thomas Crittenden, ink identified on verso, no studio imprint. Kentucky scion and corps commander in west ruined by Chickamauga disaster. Carte of Brig. Gen. Marcellus M. Crocker, no studio imprint. A Colonel of the 13th IA, Crocker was a rising star who led a brigade and division in the west before dying of tuberculosis. With Brady/Anthony CDVs of Michael Corcoran, and Robt. Cowdin, ink identified on recto. $600 - $800
70 Gettysburg Interest: CDV of Gen. Samuel W. Crawford Brady/Anthony carte of Maj. Gen. Samuel W. Crawford, with period ink notation on verso. Crawford led the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps at Gettysburg earning a brevet; a distinguished regular officer who ended the war with five brevets. $400 - $600
71 Five CDVs: Thos. Crittenden, John T. Croxton, G.W. Cullum, Samuel R. Curtis, Wm. J. Dale Lot of 5: Bvt. Maj. Gen. John T. Croxton, Col. 4th KY Mounted Inf.; brevetted for “gallantry” at Nashville. Carte lacks studio imprint. Brady/ Anthony CDV of Bvt. Maj. Gen. Geo. W. Cullum ‘29, Engineer and Chief of Staff to Gen. Halleck. Unmarked carte of Maj. Gen. Samuel Curtis, Col. 2nd IA., victor at Pea Ridge, thereafter departmental commander. CDV of Wm. J. Dale, by Marshall, Boston. Dale served as Mass. state Surgeon Gen. With CDV of Thos. Crittenden lacking studio imprint. $400 - $600
72 Autographed & Dated CDV of Gen. George Crook Carte of Maj. Gen. George Crook ‘48, autographed beneath portrait and dated on verso, with Morse’s Gallery of the Cumberland, Nashville, TN backmark. Crook rose to command a cavalry division in the west and later was put in charge of a department. The dashing officer earned five wartime brevets, adding to his reputation while serving on the frontier during the Indian Wars. Crook is best remembered as the adversary of Geronimo and his band of unconquered Apaches. $700 - $900
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