CDV PHOTO OF GENERAL FREDERICK LANDER

CDV PHOTO OF GENERAL FREDERICK LANDER

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This carte de viste engraving of General Lander is a three-quarter standing studio portrait of him in uniform. He wears double-breasted frock with fringed dress epaulettes, sash, and sword belt. He’s striking the Napoleon pose with one hand tucked in coat. Engraving shows very sharp detail with good contrast. Backmark of E. Anthony from Brady portrait.

Frederick William Lander (December 17, 1821 – March 2, 1862) was a transcontinental United States explorer, general in the Union Army during the American Civil War, and a prolific poet. Civil War Union Brigadier General. He was a brilliant engineer-explorer whom as a Colonel in the US Army, made five transcontinental surveys. When the Civil War began, he was sent in behalf of President Lincoln on a secret mission to Governor Houston of Texas and was appointed Brigadier General in May, 1861. At Edwards Ferry, he was badly wounded but still led an outstanding charge at Blooming Gap. On March 2, 1862, he died unexpectedly of pneumonia. [jet] [ph:L]

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