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1898 Union Army Brigadier General Charles H. Tompkins Signed Photograph

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1898 Union Army Brigadier General Charles H. Tompkins Signed Photograph
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Brigadier General Charles H. Tompkins Signed Photograph
CHARLES HENRY TOMPKINS (1830-1915). Union Army Brevet Brigadier General.
Union Army Brevet Brigadier General Charles H. Tompkins Signed Photograph, measuring 3.75” x 5”, in an early, period wooden oval frame, 7.25” x 8.5”Choice Very Fine. Signed & Inscribed the blank verso; "For my old and esteemed friend Capt. Watson Freeman, Chas. H. Tompkins, Bvt. Brig. General, U.S. Army. March 9, 1898". A very handsome Signed Photograph for display.
Charles Henry Tompkins (1830 - 1915). Union Army colonel, later breveted Brigadier General who received the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Fairfax Court House in 1861. This was the first time a Union officer would receive the award. In 1864, he was awarded the grade of Brevet Brigadier General by President Lincoln. He continued his service to the military after the Civil War was over.