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Winfield Scott

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Winfield Scott

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Auction Date:2012 Mar 14 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Union general (1786–1866). A year older than the Constitution, the venerable Scott, hero of the War of 1812 and the Mexican War, became General in chief of the U. S. Army in 1841, a position he still held at the start of the Civil War. A Virginian, he was the only non-West Pointer of Southern origin in the Regular Army to remain loyal to the Union. Wet plate, albumen 2.5 x 3.75 carte-de-visite photo, signed and inscribed on the reverse in ink, “For my friend, Mrs. Genl. Burnside, Winfield Scott, 1863.” Full seated, outdoor view taken by M.B. Brady & Co., at the US Military Academy, West Point, NY. He is wearing a double breasted frock coat with epaulettes and holding his sword. Backmark: E. & H.T. Anthony, New York, from a photographic negative from Brady's National Portrait Gallery. In fine condition, with mild toning along the edges.