^#1886 ^Lot 1946 Benjamin F. Cheatham

Confederate general (1820–1886). He distinguished himself as a brigade, division, and corps commander in every engagement of the Army of Tennessee from Shiloh to Atlanta. Wet plate, albumen 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite photo, signed on a slip affixed to the bottom border in ink, “B. F. Cheatham, Mj. Gl. CSA.” Bust view in Confederate uniform. Backmark: E. & H.T. Anthony, New York, made from a photographic negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery, with a two-cents orange tax stamp on the reverse. In fine condition, with light toning and some trivial rippling.