Description: Carte de visite photograph of Admiral David Glasgow Farragut, from the William T. Sherman Photograph Album, ca. 1865-1880. Farragut was born on July 5, 1801, near Nashville, Tennessee. At nine years of age, he was commissioned as a midshipman in the United States Navy, due to the influence of his adoptive father. He was the first Rear Admiral, Vice Admiral and Admiral of the United States Navy. He died at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on August 14, 1870. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04325
Subjects: United States. Navy--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; U.S. Navy; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Military officers; Portrait photography
 

Description: This carte de visite photograph is of Admiral David Glasgow Farragut in a formal dress Naval uniform, from the William T. Sherman Photograph Album, ca. 1865-1880. The William T. Sherman album contains photographs of a large number of Civil War officers that possibly served with General Sherman or were known by him. Farragut was born on July 5, 1801, near Nashville, Tennessee. At nine years of age, he was commissioned as a midshipman in the United States Navy, due to the influence of his adoptive father. He was the first Rear Admiral, Vice Admiral and Admiral of the United States Navy. He died at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on August 14, 1870. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04326
Subjects: United States. Navy--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; U.S. Navy; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Military officers
 

Description: This carte de visite photograph shows General Charles Griffin, from the William T. Sherman Photograph Album, ca. 1865-1880. Griffin is pictured standing next to a chair, wearing a dress frock coat with buttons and shoulder boards indicating his military rank. He is holding an officer's hat in his right hand. The chair features intricate carving in an abstract floral design along its side rail. Charles Griffin was born on December 18, 1825, in Granville, Ohio. He graduated 23rd out of 38 in his class at the United States Military Academy, and went on to serve in both the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War. During the Civil War, he was promoted to the rank of Major General, and commanded troops at numerous engagements including the Battle of Antietam, the Battle of Fredericksburg, the Battle of Chancellorsville and the Battle of Gettysburg. He died on September 15, 1867 in Galveston, Texas. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04331
Subjects: Generals--United States; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Soldiers; Military officers; Civil War 1861-1865; Soldiers--Ohio--Photographs. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs
Places: Granville (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio)
 

Description: This black and white photograph shows the Perry Memorial Monument scanned from a travel brochure cover page, entitled "Put-In-Bay, America's Most Unique Travel Resort." The Memorial is a Doric style of column measuring 352 feet high, on the shores of Lake Erie on Put-In-Bay island. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05222
Subjects: Ottawa County (Ohio); Ohio History--Military Ohio; Put-in-Bay (Ohio); Perry, Oliver Hazard, 1785-1819; Ohio--History--War of 1812
Places: Put-In-Bay (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)
 

Description: This carte de visite photograph of General William Stark Rosecrans is from the William T. Sherman Photograph Album, ca. 1865-1880. Rosecrans is wearing a formal frock coat or overcoat consistent with a Union General's uniform from the Civil War-era. Rosecrans, also known as "Old Rosy," was born in Delaware, Ohio, in 1819. He rose to the rank of Major General in the Union Army after several decisive victories in the Civil War; however, his military career ended after a devastating loss to Confederate forces at the Battle of Chickamauga. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04284
Subjects: Generals--United States; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; Military officers
Places: Delaware (Ohio); Delaware County (Ohio)
 

Description: This stipple engraving print shows Civil War General Philip Sheridan. Sheridan is wearing a frock coat or overcoat with two stars on the shoulders, indicating his rank of Major General. The illustration was originally published in a history textbook written in German titled "Gesthichte des Burgerkriep in den Uereinigton Stoaten," about the U.S. Civil War. Sheridan (1831-1888) was born to Irish immigrants John and Mary Sheridan, who settled in Somerset, Ohio. As a young man, he graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point. When the Civil War broke out, Sheridan was a captain in the army; by the end of the war, he had been promoted to major general. Just before his death he became the fourth man to receive the rank of full general, following George Washington, Ulysses S. Grant, and William T. Sherman. Over the course of his career he held numerous important positions, including Commander of the Army of the Shenandoah, military governor of Texas and Louisiana, and commander in chief of the U.S. Army. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04287
Subjects: Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888; Generals--United States; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; Military officers
Places: Somerset (Ohio); Perry County (Ohio)
 

Description: Carte de visite photograph of Brigadier General Ross Anderson wearing a frock coat or shell jacket with shoulder boards. This image is from the William T. Sherman Photograph Album, ca. 1865-1880. The William T. Sherman album contains photographs of a large number of Civil War officers that possibly served with General Sherman or were known by him. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04311
Subjects: Generals--United States; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Soldiers; Military officers
 

Description: Carte de visite photograph of General Christopher Colon Augur (1821-1898) wearing a general's frock coat or shell jacket, from the William T. Sherman Photograph Album, ca. 1865-1880. The William T. Sherman album contains photographs of a large number of Civil War officers that possibly served with General Sherman or were known by him. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04312
Subjects: Generals--United States; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Soldiers; Military officers
 

Description: Carte de visite photograph of Major General Absalom Baird (1824-1905) wearing a general's frock coat. Baird was an important Union leader during the Civil War, and served in various capacities including Inspector General of the Army, Brigadier General of U.S. Volunteers, and commander of the 27th Brigade, 7th Division in the Army of the Ohio under Major General Don Carlos Buell. In 1896, Baird was awarded the Medal of Honor for his efforts at the Battle of Jonesboro. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04313
Subjects: Generals--United States; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Soldiers; Military officers; Civil War
 

Description: Carte de visite photograph of Major General John Gross Barnard (1815-1882) wearing a general's dress overcoat or jacket, from the William T. Sherman Photograph Album, ca. 1865-1880. The William T. Sherman album contains photographs of a large number of Civil War officers that possibly served with General Sherman or were known by him. Barnard served as a Major General during the Civil War, as well as in the Mexican-American War. He was also notable as an historian and author, as well as an engineer and mathematician. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04314
Subjects: Generals--United States; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Soldiers; Military officers; Civil War
 

Description: This carte de visite photograph of Lieutenant General P.G.T. Beauregard, a prominent general who fought on the side of the Confederacy in the US Civil War. Beauregard is shown from the shoulders up, wearing a dress jacket or overcoat with three rows of two buttons visible. The shoulder boards on the jacket indicate that this was taken while Beauregard was still wearing his federal army uniform, as many Confederate uniforms did not include shoulder boards. The photograph is from the William T. Sherman album, which contains photographs of a large number of Civil War officers that possibly served with General Sherman or were known by him. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04315
Subjects: Generals--United States; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Soldiers; Military officers; Confederate States of America
 

Description: This carte de visite photograph is of Confederate General Simon Bolivar Buckner. Bucker is shown from the waist up wearing a frock coat or shell jacket with three rows of two buttons across the front. The collar of his jacket has two stars with a shield in between them, indicating Buckner's rank. The jacket also has shoulder boards, which could indicate a uniform top from earlier in the US Civil War. After Buckner's military service, he was Governor of Kentucky from 1887-1891. The photograph is from the William T. Sherman Photograph Album, ca. 1865-1880. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04317
Subjects: Generals--United States; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Soldiers; Military officers; Confederate States of America