Three (3) albumen CDV studio portraits of generals from the Iron Brigade (active 1861-1865.) Views include:

1. Full-length vignette view of Colonel Lysander Cutler. New York: E & H.T Anthony, n.d. Publisher’s imprint printed to mount verso. Period pencil inscription to verso upper margin “Col Cutler.” 

Born in Massachusetts, Lysander Cutler (1807-1866) offered his services to the Union Army and was appointed colonel of the 6th Wisconsin Infantry on 16 July 1861. After quickly turning his regiment into one of the best in service, he became in command of the famous “Iron Brigade” of the Army of the Potomac. On 29 November 1862, he was commissioned brigadier general. In reward of his meritorious services, he was brevetted major general U.S. Volunteers on 19 August 1864. He resigned from the army 30 June 1865 with two battle wound scars upon his body. 

2. Bust vignette view of General Edward Stuyvesant. Fond Du Lac, [Wisconsin]: Moody, n.d. Photographer's imprint to recto lower margin.  Pencil inscription to verso “General Edward Stuyvesant / Born Unadilla N.Y. / Bragg / Feb 20-1827 / Captain 6th Wis Reg. 1862.”

A native of New York, General Edward Stuyvesant (1827-1912) moved to Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, where he served as district law attorney (1854-1856). Entering into the ranks of the Union Army on 5 May 1861 as a captain, he was promoted through all intermediate grades to the rank of brigadier general on 25 June 1864. He fought in all the campaigns of the Army of the Potomac except the Peninsular. Notably, he also served in the Battles of Gettysburg and Five Forks. Mustering out 8 October 1865, he was appointed postmaster of Fond Du Lac (1866). For the remainder of his life, General Stuyvesant would serve with distinction in several civic offices including state senator (1867), delegate for the national Democratic conventions (1872, 1884, 1892, 1896), a member of congress (1877-1883, 1885-1887), minister to Mexico (1888-1889), and consul-general to both Havana (1902) and Hong Kong (1902-1906). 

3. Bust vignette view of General Thomas Scott Allen. Madison, [Wisconsin]: H.N. Roberts, n.d. Publisher’s imprint printed to mount verso. Period pencil inscription to recto lower margin “General Allen / Oshkosh”. Modern pencil inscription to recto upper margin “Thomas Scott Allen 2nd & 5th Wis Inf.”

Upon enlisting as a private in the Governor’s Guard local militia, General Thomas Scott Allen (1825-1905) was asked by Governor Alexander Randall to form Company 1 of the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry, of which Allen would serve as captain. Moving through the ranks, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel, and eventually, in 1863, colonel of the 5th Wisconsin Infantry. During the summer of 1864, the 5th Infantry’s terms of service were up, during which Allen volunteered to reorganize it with new recruits, serving through the end of the war. On 13 March 1865, General Thomas Scott was brevetted brigadier general, U.S. Volunteers. Postwar, Allen served as Secretary of State of Wisconsin (1865-1870). Additionally, he assisted in organizing the Grand Army of the Republic in Wisconsin, serving as its commander. In 1870, Allen took over as publisher of the Oshkosh Northwestern newspaper until 1884. He also assisted in running the Wisconsin Telegraph (1885-1902).

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