CIVIL WAR GEN. GRANT'S SEC of STATE HAMILTON FISH BRADY CDV PHOTO 1851-57 c1869

  
Of STATE HAMILTON FISH BRADY CDV PHOTO 1851-57 c1869. GRANT'S (AS PRESIDENT) SECRETARY of STATE " HAMILTON FISH " c1869 CDV MATHEW BRADY PHOTO TAKEN IN 1851-57. PERIOD ID'd ON THE LOWER FRONT MOUNT. SHARP FOCUS AND VERY GOOD CONTRAST. DIMENSIONS: W 2 12" x H 4 1/8". THIS IS NOT A REPRODUCTION OR COPY. 1893 was an American politician and statesman who served as the 16th governor of New York from 1849 to 1850, a United States senator from New York from 1851 to 1857, and the 26th U. Secretary of state from 1869 to 1877.

Fish was the most trusted advisor to President Ulysses S. Grant and recognized as the pillar of Grant's presidency.

1896 was an American photographer. Known as one of the earliest and most famous photographers in American history, he is best known for his scenes of the Civil War. He studied under inventor Samuel Morse, who pioneered the daguerreotype technique in America. Brady opened his own studio in New York City in 1844, and went on to photograph U.

Presidents John Quincy Adams, Abraham Lincoln, and Martin Van Buren, among other public figures. 1885 was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877.

As Commanding General, he led the Union Army to victory in the American Civil War in 1865 and thereafter briefly served as U.