INSCRIBED & SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF BRIG. GEN. ANSON MILLS, PRESENTED TO BVT. BRIG. GEN. CHARLES H. GROSVENOR

INSCRIBED & SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF BRIG. GEN. ANSON MILLS, PRESENTED TO BVT. BRIG. GEN. CHARLES H. GROSVENOR

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A framed sepia-toned portrait photograph of Brigadier General Anson Mills (1834–1924), shown standing three-quarter length in full dress uniform with epaulettes, aiguillettes, sash, and decorations. The image is boldly inscribed and signed in period ink within the lower margin: “To General Grosvenor / From his friend ~ / Anson Mills.” The embossed studio blindstamp of Schervee & Bushong, Worcester, Mass. is impressed at lower left.

Mills was a West Point cadet turned El Paso surveyor — he laid out and named the city — who took a commission in the 18th U.S. Infantry in 1861 and rose to captain by war’s end. He spent the following decades on the frontier in the Sioux Wars, seeing hard service at the Battle of the Rosebud and the Battle of Slim Buttes during Crook’s 1876 campaign. He was appointed Brigadier General in 1897 on his retirement. Mills is best remembered for inventing the woven cartridge belt that bears his name, which became U.S. Army standard issue and made his fortune.

The recipient, Charles H. Grosvenor (1833–1917), commanded the 18th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry, led his regiment at Chickamauga and a brigade at Nashville, and was brevetted Brigadier General of Volunteers in March 1865. He went on to a long career as a Republican Congressman from Ohio and was instrumental in early national military-park legislation. The full-dress uniform (post-1897 general’s insignia) and the Schervee & Bushong studio mark date the portrait to circa 1900–1915, a presentation between two old comrades of the Western theater.

Frame: period oak with worn/distressed finish, glazed, single-matted. Approx. 12 in. x 16½ in. overall.

Condition: Photograph bright with strong contrast; inscription clear and legible. Some scattered foxing/spotting in the image, light surface soiling, and minor wear to the frame finish consistent with age. A handsome, displayable association.  [ss][ph:L]

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