Civil War CDV Pencil Signed JA Potter, Bvt. Brig. General, San Antonio TEXAS

  

BBG/Civil War Service in the West. Quartermaster, Brevet Brigadier General 3/13/1865. Potter / Br Brig Genl USA.

Note: See this link for confirmation of signature: History for Sale. During the Civil War Potter was in charge of outfitting troops stationed in Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota, also responsible for building and maintaining prisoner of war camps in the west. Promoted to colonel in 1864 he was transferred to Fort Leavenworth, TX where in charge of supplies for an area extending from Kansas and Nebraska west to New Mexico and Salt Lake City.

For more information on his life and service see Find-a-Grave Bio. Doerr, PHOTOGRAPHER, Near the Masonic Hall, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. Item permanently guaranteed vintage and authentic, identification and signature likewise guaranteed. This is an original vintage photograph from the period, it is NOT a reproduction.

Condition : "Very Good", card mount shows minimal wear, image a little on the "blond" side. The item "Civil War CDV Pencil Signed JA Potter, Bvt. General, San Antonio TEXAS" is in sale since Thursday, August 25, 2016. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Militaria\Civil War (1861-65)\Original Period Items\Photographs".

The seller is "saltprint" and is located in New York, New York. This item can be shipped to United States, to Canada, to United Kingdom, DK, RO, SK, BG, CZ, FI, HU, LV, LT, MT, EE, to Australia, GR, PT, CY, SI, to Japan, to China, SE, KR, ID, to Taiwan, ZA, TH, to Belgium, to France, to Hong Kong, to Ireland, to Netherlands, PL, to Spain, to Italy, to Germany, to Austria, RU, IL, to Mexico, to New Zealand, SG, to Switzerland, NO, SA, AE, QA, KW, BH, HR, MY, BR, CL, CO, CR, DO, PA, TT, GT, SV, HN, JM.