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Photograph of Brigadier General Alfred Terry

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:88.00 USD Estimated At:350.00 - 450.00 USD
Photograph of Brigadier General Alfred Terry
<B>Large Albumen Photograph of Brigadier General Alfred Howe Terry</B></I> in an oval frame, 9.5" x 11.5" overall. This image is of a younger Terry taken soon after he was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in April 1862. Terry (1827-1880) was from Connecticut and attended Yale Law School. Before the Civil War he was clerk of the Superior Court of New Haven County. When the Civil War started, Terry raised and led a regiment of Connecticut volunteers and was appointed colonel. The regiment fought at First Bull Run, after which Terry and his regiment were transferred to South Carolina. When appointed brigadier general, he was placed in command of the Morris Island Division of the X Corps. Terry was heavily involved in the siege operations against Charleston during 1863. In 1864, the entire X Corps was sent north to Benjamin Butler's Army of the James in Virginia. Terry also participated in the battles of Petersburg, New Market Heights, Fort Fisher, Wilmington, Black Hills War, and Nez Perce War. He was commander of the Dakota Territory from 1866 to 1869 and again from 1872 to 1886. Terry is generally considered one of the most capable generals with no previous military training to emerge from the war. The image is marked in pencil <I>Lieut. P. Haas, Port Royal, S.C.".</B></I> Although Haas was officially an engineer in the 1st New York, he also served as photographer on the staff of General Quincy Gilmore. Some light spotting, else very fine.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Framed - without Glass, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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