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This bust view is a profile image of Humphries in the uniform of a Major General. The image is a little light in contrast and there is a period ink inscription on the bottom of the paper that reads “A. A. HUMPRIES, MAJ. GEN. U.S.A.”
The reverse of the image is covered in glue and paper residue.
Andrew Atkinson Humphreys was born in Philadelphia on November 2, 1810. He graduated from West Point in 1831. Much of his pre-war service was spent in the Topographical Engineers doing work in the Mississippi Delta. When McClellan assumed command of the Army of the Potomac Humphries was promoted to Brigadier General and assigned to McClellan’s staff. In September of 1862 he took command of a Division in the 5th Corps and led it with distinction at Antietam, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. He was then transferred to a Division in Sickles’ 3rd Corps. During the battle of Gettysburg Humphries actions in command of this Division won him promotion to Major General and a position as General Meade’s Chief of Staff. Humphries proved to be very capable in this position but in November of 1864 he was given command of the 2nd Corps which he ably led through the closing months of the war. He retired from the Army in 1879 and did in Washington, D. C. on December 27, 1883.
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