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Auction archive: Lot number 22

Confederate General James Dearing, CDV

Estimate
n. a.
Price realised:
US$300
Auction archive: Lot number 22

Confederate General James Dearing, CDV

Estimate
n. a.
Price realised:
US$300
Beschreibung:

Vignetted copy photograph of CSA General James Dearing, identified in ink below portrait, no backmark. Dearing (1840-1865), born in Campbell County, VA, enlisted as a captain in Lynchburg, VA, in April of 1861, and was commissioned into Company D of the Virginia 38th Battn. Heavy Artillery. He was promoted to major 5/63; lt. colonel, commanding Horse Artillery of Army of Northern Virginia 2/64; and brigadier general commanding Laurel Brigade 2/64. At the Battle of High Bridge on April 6, 1865, Dearing was shot in the chest in a pistol fight with Union Colonels Theodore Read and Francis Washburn. He later died of his wounds on April 22, after the surrender and after being pardoned by a former West Point classmate, making Dearing one of the final officer casualties of the war. Condition: Some soiling and toning to carte, with loss along edges, especially lower left corner. Mount corners clipped and edges slightly trimmed.

Auction archive: Lot number 22
Auction:
Datum:
20 Nov 2014
Auction house:
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
Este Ave 6270
Cincinnati OH 45232
United States
info@cowans.com
+1 (0)513 8711670
+1 (0)513 8718670
Beschreibung:

Vignetted copy photograph of CSA General James Dearing, identified in ink below portrait, no backmark. Dearing (1840-1865), born in Campbell County, VA, enlisted as a captain in Lynchburg, VA, in April of 1861, and was commissioned into Company D of the Virginia 38th Battn. Heavy Artillery. He was promoted to major 5/63; lt. colonel, commanding Horse Artillery of Army of Northern Virginia 2/64; and brigadier general commanding Laurel Brigade 2/64. At the Battle of High Bridge on April 6, 1865, Dearing was shot in the chest in a pistol fight with Union Colonels Theodore Read and Francis Washburn. He later died of his wounds on April 22, after the surrender and after being pardoned by a former West Point classmate, making Dearing one of the final officer casualties of the war. Condition: Some soiling and toning to carte, with loss along edges, especially lower left corner. Mount corners clipped and edges slightly trimmed.

Auction archive: Lot number 22
Auction:
Datum:
20 Nov 2014
Auction house:
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
Este Ave 6270
Cincinnati OH 45232
United States
info@cowans.com
+1 (0)513 8711670
+1 (0)513 8718670
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