CDV PORTRAIT OF GENERAL KEARNY

CDV PORTRAIT OF GENERAL KEARNY

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Offered here is a carte de visite (CDV) photograph of General Phil Kearny in uniform. This is a full-standing, studio portrait. Kearny wears a double-breasted frock and officer’s cape, with sword and kepi in his hand.

Ruled mount has been trimmed on right and bottom edges. There is a printed E. & H.T. Anthony New York backmark. From a Brady negative.

Born on 1 June 1815 in New York City, Philip Kearny, also known as “The One Armed Devil,” and was called “the bravest man I ever knew” by LTG Winfield Scott. In 1836, Philip Kearny’s life changed forever. His grandfather passed away and left him an inheritance that made the 22 year old a millionaire. He announced his intentions to join the Army, and there was little anyone could do to dissuade him. With the help of his famous uncle, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant of Cavalry and reported to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to join the 1st Dragoons, his uncle’s regiment. After a few years, Kearny went on an assignment in France and ended up traveling to North Africa, where he saw action with the Chasseurs d’Afrique. In 1847, during the Mexican War and at the Battle of Churubusco, Kearny was badly wounded in the left arm. Franklin Pierce held him down as a surgeon amputated his arm. For his valor, Kearny was promoted to major. Even the loss of his left arm hardly slowed Kearny down as he rehabilitated himself by re-learning how to ride a horse by holding the reins with his teeth and his sword in his right hand. His military career, however, stalled. As a result, he left the Army and traveled the world. Kearny returned to battle in 1859 in France’s campaign against Austria. Kearny continued to live in Paris until the Civil War broke out in the United States in 1861. He immediately returned home to join the Union Army and was named brigadier general of the First New Jersey Brigade. Kearny quickly earned the respect and admiration of his troops as he ran them through the tough drills that earned him his nickname, “The One Armed Devil.” The brigade joined George B. McClellan’s Army of the Potomac and took part in the Peninsula Campaign in the spring of 1862. Kearny was soon promoted to major general and given command of a division in III Corps. He also developed what became known as the “Kearny patch” for his division, which became the forerunner of the corps badges used later in the war. At the Battle of Chantilly after the Union defeat at Second Bull Run, he rode off ahead of his division to scout for enemy troops. He ran into the 49th Georgia and was shot as he tried to ride away. Kearny’s body was transported under a flag of truce back to Union lines and he was laid to rest at Trinity Church in New York City. His body was later moved to Arlington National Cemetery in 1912. [jet]  [PH:L]

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