^#1839 ^Lot 1899 Alfred T. A. Torbert

Union general (1833–1880). In 1864, he was assigned to command a cavalry division under Gen. Phil Sheridan. He drowned in 1880 when the steamer Vera Cruz, which he was traveling on, sunk off Cape Canaveral. Uncommon and crisp wet plate, albumen 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite photo. Half-view in uniform with rank of brigadier general. Backmark: E. & H.T. Anthony, New York, made from a photographic negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery. In fine condition, with light rippling.