^#1759 ^Lot 1819 Solomon Meredith

Union general (1810–1875). At the battle of Chancellorsville, his brigade of one Michigan, two Indiana, and three Wisconsin regiments, known as the "Iron Brigade," fought in Gen. John F. Reynold's 1st Corps. Meredith's and Cutler's brigades opened the infantry fighting at Gettysburg on July 1, 1863. Wet plate, albumen 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite photo. Excellent seated view in uniform with rank of full colonel. Backmark: E. & H.T. Anthony, New York, from a photographic negative from Brady's National Portrait Gallery. In fine condition, with light toning, light silvering to some of the darker areas of the image, and a trimmed bottom edge.