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Three CDV images of following Union officers: Commodore Silas Horton Stringham, Major-General G.H. Thomas, Major-General Butler.
CDV #1 Commodore Stringham
Mis-identified as Commodor Goldsborough.
At bottom, below image “Com Goldsborough ---”
On back, in pencil “Com Goldsb---"
4 x 2 ⅜”
Rear Admiral Silas Horton Stringham (1798 – 1876) was an officer of the United States Navy who saw active service during the War of 1812, the Second Barbary War, and the Mexican–American War, and who commanded the Atlantic Blockading Squadron at the beginning of the American Civil War.
CDV #2 Major-General G.H. Thomas
Top corners have been clipped, top border cut down to fit into album. Back has light surface paper damage where photo was glued into an album. Crease top border
3 ⅝” x 2 ⅜”
George Henry Thomas (1816 – 1870) was a United States Army officer and a Union general during the American Civil War, one of the principal commanders in the Western Theater.
He won one of the first Union victories in the war, at Mill Springs in Kentucky, and served in important subordinate commands at Perryville and Stones River. His stout defense at the Battle of Chickamauga in 1863 saved the Union Army from being completely routed, earning him his most famous nickname, the "Rock of Chickamauga". He followed soon after with a dramatic breakthrough on Missionary Ridge in the Battle of Chattanooga. In the Franklin–Nashville Campaign of 1864, he achieved one of the most decisive victories of the war, destroying the army of Confederate General John Bell Hood at the Battle of Nashville.
CDV #3 Major-General Butler
Top border has been cut and rounded to fit into album. Back has surface paper damage where photo was glued into an album. Light paper scuff right side of image. Light crease bottom border.
3 ⅝” x 2 ⅜”
Benjamin Franklin Butler (1818 – 1893) was a major general of the Union Army, politician, lawyer and businessman from Massachusetts. Born in New Hampshire and raised in Lowell, Massachusetts, Butler is best known as a political major general of the Union Army during the American Civil War, and for his leadership role in the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson. He was a colorful and often controversial figure on the national stage and in the Massachusetts political scene, during his one term as Governor.
