WAIST UP CDV OF CONFEDERATE COLONEL FRANK HUGER

$250.00 SOLD

Quantity Available: None

Item Code: P13680

Nice clear image of Huger in the uniform of a Confederate Colonel. He wears a double-breasted frock coat with three stars on each collar and a “pork pie” style slouch hat.

Image is clear with great contrast and light surface dirt from age and storage.

Reverse has a pencil inscription that reads “COL. FRANK HUGER NORFOLK LT. ART. BLUES, ANV.” There is also an orange tax stamp that has lifted from the card but is still attached on one edge.

Francis Kinloch Huger was the son of Confederate Major General Benjamin Huger and was born in Norfolk, Virginia on September 29, 1837. Like his father, Huger attended the United States Military Academy at West Point and graduated in 1860. He was assigned to the 10th U.S. Infantry as a second lieutenant but resigned his commission on May 21, 1861 to join the Confederate cause.

Commissioned a captain, Huger led the Norfolk Light Artillery. The battery was attached to the brigade of Brig. Gen. Ambrose R. Wright in the elder Huger’s division in the Seven Days Battles. At the Second Bull Run and Fredericksburg the battery was attached to the division of Maj. Gen. Richard H. Anderson. Huger was absent at Antietam.

Promoted to major on March 2, 1863, Huger was second in command of an artillery battalion led by Col. Edward Porter Alexander. Alexander welcomed Huger, describing him later as "my glorious & beloved Frank Huger, who never shirked a care or danger or grumbled over a hardship in his life..."

Huger served in the Battle of Chancellorsville, including bombarding federal lines from high ground at Hazel Grove on May 3, 1863 and on May 4 was sent to support the division of Maj. Gen. Richard H. Anderson in the Battle of Salem Church. His guns were among those that fired the last shots of the battle the next day, as the Union VI Corps retreated. At the Battle of Gettysburg, Huger was involved in supporting the attack of Lt. Gen. James Longstreet's corps on the federal left on July 2 and on the 3rd he took immediate command of the guns as Alexander was assigned responsibility for the bombardment preceding Pickett's Charge.

Huger went West with Longstreet's Corps, but arrived too late for the Battle of Chickamauga. When Longstreet moved into eastern Tennessee, Alexander served as his chief of artillery. Consequently, Huger commanded Alexander’s battalion in the Knoxville Campaign. When Alexander became the permanent chief of corps artillery in late 1863, Huger officially took over command of the battalion. He rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel shortly thereafter, being promoted on February 27, 1864.

Huger's battalion served in the Overland Campaign and the Siege of Petersburg. In Alexander’s absence, he was temporarily in charge of the artillery of the First Corps posted near Elliott's Salient at the time of the Battle of the Crater. At the height of the Union attack on July 30, 1864 during the action known as “the battle of the Crater,” Huger was seen helping to work a gun along with other members of Alexander's staff. Huger was promoted to the rank of colonel on February 18, 1865. He was captured during the Battle of Sailors' Creek by Union cavalry led by his former West Point classmate Brig. Gen. George A. Custer. Huger was treated by Custer more like a guest than a prisoner.

After the war Huger was in business with the Norfolk and Western Railroad Company.

He died June 10, 1897 in Roanoke, Virginia and is buried in Spring Hill Cemetery in Lynchburg, Virginia.     [ad]

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

THIS ITEM, AS WITH ALL OTHER ITEMS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEB SITE,

MAY BE PURCHASED THROUGH OUR LAYAWAY PROGRAM.

FOR OUR POLICIES AND TERMS,

CLICK ON ‘CONTACT US’ AT THE TOP OF ANY PAGE ON THE SITE,

THEN ON ‘LAYAWAY POLICY’.

Inquire About WAIST UP CDV OF CONFEDERATE COLONEL FRANK HUGER

For inquiries, please email us at [email protected]

featured item

“REMEMBER THE MAINE!” U.S.S. MAINE DECORATED “GOING ASHORE” NAVY FLAT CAP

There was a long tradition in the U.S. Navy of the men decorating their uniforms with colorful embroidery, both to occupy idle hours on shipboard and in hopes of attracting some attention when on shore. The designs might be concealable and not be… (1219-44). Learn More »

Upcoming Events

28
Mar

April 13-14: Spring Gettysburg Military Antiques Show Learn More »

Instagram