![HARRISON, Benjamin (1833-1901), President. Large photograph signed ("Benj. Harrison"), as Brevet Brig. General. also signed by WILLIAM T. WARD (1808-1878), WILLIAM COGSWELL (1838-1895) and DANIEL DUSTIN, n.p., n.d. [ca. 1865] 11¾ x 8 7/8 in., with margins (margins age toned), captioned at upper margin in a calligraphic hand: "Division & Brigade Comdrs, 3rd Div. 20th A.C." Signatures on lower margin.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2007/NYR/2007_NYR_01938_1065_000(021358).jpg?w=1)
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HARRISON, Benjamin (1833-1901), President. Large photograph signed ("Benj. Harrison"), as Brevet Brig. General. also signed by WILLIAM T. WARD (1808-1878), WILLIAM COGSWELL (1838-1895) and DANIEL DUSTIN, n.p., n.d. [ca. 1865] 11¾ x 8 7/8 in., with margins (margins age toned), captioned at upper margin in a calligraphic hand: "Division & Brigade Comdrs, 3rd Div. 20th A.C." Signatures on lower margin.
A GREAT CIVIL WAR IMAGE: HARRISON AND THREE FELLOW GENERALS in the 20th Army Corps., taken in the final months of the war or just after the close of hostilities (Ward was brevetted Major General in February 1865). Beaming with pride, the four men must have decided to take this photograph together to commemorate their comradeship in the Atlanta Campaign before demobilization and the return to civilian life. Ward, the most senior of the four, sits in a chair, with Harrison at his right, both men with hands tucked into their tunics in the classic soldier's pose.
A state legislator in 1861, he raised his own brigade (Ward's Brigade), and fought in the Atlanta campaign and the March to the Sea, during which he was severely wounded. Harrison distinguished himself in the same campaign, fighting valiantly at Resaca and New Hope Church in May 1864. On 20 July at Peach Tree Creek, Harrison led a successful counter-attack that preserved a Union victory. A rare, fine image of Harrison in his Civil War days.
A GREAT CIVIL WAR IMAGE: HARRISON AND THREE FELLOW GENERALS in the 20th Army Corps., taken in the final months of the war or just after the close of hostilities (Ward was brevetted Major General in February 1865). Beaming with pride, the four men must have decided to take this photograph together to commemorate their comradeship in the Atlanta Campaign before demobilization and the return to civilian life. Ward, the most senior of the four, sits in a chair, with Harrison at his right, both men with hands tucked into their tunics in the classic soldier's pose.
A state legislator in 1861, he raised his own brigade (Ward's Brigade), and fought in the Atlanta campaign and the March to the Sea, during which he was severely wounded. Harrison distinguished himself in the same campaign, fighting valiantly at Resaca and New Hope Church in May 1864. On 20 July at Peach Tree Creek, Harrison led a successful counter-attack that preserved a Union victory. A rare, fine image of Harrison in his Civil War days.