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Union General Darius Couch Framed Carte de Visit

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Union General Darius Couch Framed Carte de Visit
<B>Union General Darius Couch Framed <I>Carte de Visite</B></I></B></I><B> Taken by Mathew Brady.</B></I> The image is matted, with the visible portion of the CDV measuring 2.25 x 3.75. The entire piece is framed to an overall size of 7.75" X 9.75". A brass nameplate underneath the image reads GENERAL DARIUS COUCH / USA 1822-1897. The image is the work of prolific Civil War photographer Mathew Brady. It is from E & H. T. Anthony from the Brady negatives. Couch was a United States Army officer, naturalist, and a Union major general in the American Civil War. Couch rose to command a corps in the Army of the Potomac, and led divisions in both the Eastern Theater and Western Theater. Militia under his command played a strategic role during the 1863 Gettysburg Campaign in delaying the advance of Confederate troops from the Army of Northern Virginia and denying them passage across the critical Susquehanna River. The image is in fine condition.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Framed - with Glass, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)