RARE! CIVIL WAR UNION LT GEN. WINFIELD SCOTT by C. D. FREDRICKS CDV PHOTO 1862

  

GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT by C. CIVIL WAR UNION LIEUTENANT GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT by C. 1866 was an American military commander and political candidate. He served as Commanding General of the United States Army from 1841 to 1861, and was a veteran of the War of 1812, American Indian Wars, Mexican--American War, and the early stages of the American Civil War.

PHOTOGRAPHER: CHARLES De FOREST FREDRICKS b. CHARLES De FOREST FREDRICKS b. Took up photography in St.

Louis in 1853 and in. 1858 produced the first carte de visite made in the United States. The Civil War, Rockwood's brother Elihu enlisted, and George worked as a war photographer.

Working out of a mobile field van. His brother achieved the rank of colonel while serving with the. 10th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry.

Elihu Rockwood's army friends were frequent visitors at the Rockwood studio, and George. Rockwood got to know them well.

He was fond of relating his talks with Major Anderson, General. Dix, and others like General Winfield Scott were sitters for him. SHARP FOCUS AND VERY GOOD CONTRAST. PERIOD ID'D ON THE FRONT AND REVERSE. DIMENSIONS: W 2 3/8" x H 3 11/16". THIS IS NOT A COPY OR REPRODUCTION.