Apr 14, 2015 - Sale 2380

Sale 2380 - Lot 98

Price Realized: $ 812
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(CIVIL WAR--PHOTOGRAPHS.) Brady, Mathew. Maj. Genl. Sheridan & the Cavalry Generals of the Army of the Potomac. Albumen print, 5 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches, on original mount with inked Brady stamp on recto; minor wear to image, remnants of another photograph and soiling on mount recto, inked caption on mount verso. Washington, [1864]

Additional Details

The Union cavalry leader Major General Philip Sheridan (seated, center) is shown with five of his brigadier generals: Wesley Merritt, David McMurtrie Gregg, Henry Eugene Davis, James Harrison Wilson, and Alfred T.A. Torbert. The image dates after 6 May 1864, when Wilson joined the command.