CIVIL War Confederate General James Longstreet Rare Original Mathew Brady

  

RARE PORTRAIT OF CONFEDERATE GENERAL JAMES LONGSTREET - ORIGINAL MATHEW BRADY. RARE PORTRAIT OF CONFEDERATE GENERAL JAMES LONGSTREET - ORIGINAL MATHEW BRADY THIS EXTREMELY RARE ORIGINAL CABINET CARD PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN BY FAMED CIVIL WAR PHOTOGRAPHER MATHEW BRADY FOR THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY OF WASHINGTON, DC.

PICTURED IS GENERAL LONGSTREET IN A THREE-PIECE SUIT. HE IS SPORTING A LONG CURLY BEARD AND LOOKING OFF INTO THE DISTANCE. THE PHOTOGRAPH HAS SOME VERY MINOR AGE SPOTS, OVERALL IN EXCELLENT COSMETIC CONDITION FOR ITS AGE! BRADYS PHOTOGRAPHER STAMP IS ON THE BACK ALONG WITH A WASHINGTON, D.

THERE ARE ALSO TWO STAMPS FROM A PREVIOUS OWNER, ALONG WITH HANDWRITING IN PENCIL. JAMES LONGSTREET (JANUARY 8, 1821 TO JANUARY 2, 1904) WAS ONE OF THE FOREMOST CONFEDERATE GENERALS OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR AND THE PRINCIPAL SUBORDINATE TO GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE, WHO CALLED HIM HIS OLD WAR HORSE.

HE SERVED UNDER LEE AS A CORPS COMMANDER FOR MANY OF THE FAMOUS BATTLES FOUGHT BY THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA IN THE EASTERN THEATER, BUT ALSO WITH GEN. BRAXTON BRAGG IN THE ARMY OF TENNESSEE IN THE WESTERN THEATER. LONGSTREET WAS ARGUABLY THE BEST CORPS COMMANDER IN THE CONFLICT ON EITHER SIDE. RARE PORTRAIT OF CONFEDERATE GENERAL JAMES LONGSTREET -ORIGINAL MATHEW BRADY (BJI00126).

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