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1862 Confederate General Leonidas Polk CDV Photo by Anthony from Brady Negative

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1862 Confederate General Leonidas Polk CDV Photo by Anthony from Brady Negative
Civil War CDVs
Confederate General Leonidas Polk Brady CDV by Anthony
1862-Dated Civil War, Carte de Visite Photograph, Confederate General Leonidas Polk, by Anthony from a Negative by Mathew Brady, Choice Extremely Fine.
This nice quality CDV has choice tone and contrast with the General’s image perfectly centered upon the card, the maker’s backstamp is sharply printed. Confederate General Leonidas Polk, 2nd Cousin of President James Polk, was killed in action in 1864 during the Atlanta Campaign. A great clear image for display.


Mathew B. Brady was one of the first American photographers, best known for his scenes of the Civil War. He studied under inventor Samuel F. B. Morse, who pioneered the daguerreotype technique in America.