2020-07 2 sessions
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/23/2020
Group of three (3) Union general photographs, includes: Albumen photograph of General Speed Smith Fry 1817-1892) a lawyer, judge, and a United States Army officer during the Mexican-American War and American Civil War. Fry led his regiment into action at the Battle of Mill Springs on January 19, 1862. During the battle the fighting became disorganized and Confederate General Felix Zollicoffer rode up to Fry's regiment thinking they were Confederate troops, and addressing Colonel Fry, he ordered them to stop firing. Zollicoffer's aide came riding from the woods and, attempting to warn the general that he was in the midst of enemy soldiers, fired off a shot. Fry immediately raised his pistol and fired at Zollicoffer, who fell dead. But a debate exists over who actually killed the general. Fry never specifically claimed he was the one who killed Zollicoffer, but many reports and paintings at the time give full credit to him. However, there were members from three different Union regiments standing near Fry who also fired. Whether or not he was the sole person to shoot General Zollicoffer, the Confederates were so outraged that they accused Fry of murder....plus; Albumen photograph of General John Dix (1798-1879) was Secretary of the Treasury, Governor of New York and Union major general during the Civil War. He was notable for arresting the pro-Southern Maryland General Assembly, preventing that divided border state from seceding, and for arranging a system for prisoner exchange via the Dix-Hill Cartel, concluded in partnership with Confederate Major General Daniel Harvey Hill....plus; Albumen photograph of William Plummer Benton (1828-1867) was an American lawyer and soldier who served in both the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War, where he would rise to the rank of brigadier general and, in 1866, after his service had ended, would be awarded the brevet grade of major general. All three images are in fine condition and matted.
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