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Three-quarter seated view of Silas Casey in the uniform of a major general. Casey is posed seated in a chair with his hands in his lap. He wears dark double-breasted frockcoat and matching trousers. The coat has black felt collar and cuffs along with major general’s shoulder straps.
The image is slightly toned. Contrast is passable as is the clarity. Mount has trimmed corners and light surface dirt as does the paper.
Reverse has a photographer’s imprint for “E. & H. T. ANTHONY…NEW YORK…FROM A BRADY NEGATIVE.” There is also a blue 2 cent tax stamp with an August 12, 1864 NEW YORK cancelation mark.
Silas Casey was born in Rhode Island on July 12, 1807. He attended West Point and graduated near the bottom of his class in 1826. He served in the Seminole War and the war with Mexico. He received a severe wound in the storming of Chapultepec just outside Mexico City. He recovered and was assigned duties on the frontier. After the start of the Civil War Casey was promoted to Brigadier General on August 31, 1861. As a Brigadier General Casey commanded a Division of the 2nd Corps, Army of the Potomac, during the Peninsula Campaign. Shortly after the battle of Fair Oaks he was promoted to Major General. In August of 1862 the Army published his tactics manual which became the norm for the Union Army throughout the rest of the war. Casey spent the remainder of the war in administrative duties. He retired after 40 years in the Army on July 8, 1868. He died in Brooklyn, New York January 22, 1882. [ad] [ph:L]
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