Albumen print carte de visite on plain card mount, inscribed in period pencil beneath the image "Gen. G. Granger" and inscribed on the reverse in period brown ink "Maj. Gen. G. Granger" alongside light collector annotations. Circa 1863–1865. Mount measures approx. 2 1/2 x 4 in.

A crisp, historic wartime portrait of Major General Gordon Granger (1821 - 1876), West Point Class of 1845, celebrated savior of the Union Army of the Cumberland at Chickamauga and an indelible figure in American Civil Rights history.

Granger is captured in profile bust view, sporting his trademark full beard and swept-back dark hair. He wears a regulation US Pattern 1858 Major General's frock coat with the 18 front buttons arranged in two rows of three groups of three buttons, velvet collar, and Major General's two-star shoulder boards. 

At the Battle of Chickamauga on 20 September 1863, Granger marched his Reserve Corps to the sound of the guns without orders to reinforce General George H. Thomas on Horseshoe Ridge, preserving the Union army from catastrophic rout. On 19 June 1865, upon arriving in Galveston as commander of the Department of Texas, Granger issued General Order No. 3, officially proclaiming the freedom of all enslaved persons in Texas - the historic event commemorated annually as Juneteenth.

Wartime carte-de-visite portraits of Granger are scarce.

[Carte de Visite, CDV, Gordon Granger, Major General Gordon Granger, General Order No. 3, Juneteenth, Galveston Texas, Emancipation, Chickamauga, Army of the Cumberland, George H. Thomas, Civil War General, Union Officer, Albumen Print, 1860s Photography]

Very good condition.  The print displays excellent contrast, sharp resolution, and rich tonal depth. The mount is bright and clean with crisp edges.