CDV, General Ambrose E. Burnside

Commanded the Army of the Potomac at the Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., in December 1862

United States Congressman and Senator from Rhode Island

Governor of Rhode Island

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(1824-1881) Graduated in the West Point class of 1847, and he fought in the Mexican War. Serving on the western frontier, he was wounded in a skirmish with Apache Indians in 1849. He resigned his commission in 1853, invented a breech loading rifle, was appointed a Major General of the Rhode Island State Militia and was elected to...  

CDV, General Irvin McDowell

He commanded the Union army at the 1st battle of Bull Run, Virginia in July 1861

1862 Mathew Brady imprint on the front mount

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(1818-1885) He was born in Columbus, Ohio, and graduated in the West Point class of 1838 where one of his classmates was future Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard, his future adversary at the Battle of First Bull Run, Va. He was later assigned to the 1st U.S. Artillery. From 1841 to 1845 he taught tactics at the United States Military Academy, and many of the students he taught...  

CDV, General Israel B. Richardson

Mortally wounded in the battle of Antietam, Maryland on September 17, 1862

From the personal collection of Surgeon & General Bernard John Dowling Irwin. Irwin has the distinct honor of being the first recipient of the Medal of Honor in U.S. military history by date of action, February 13, 1861

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(1815-62) Born in Fairfax, Vermont, he graduated in the celebrated West Point class of 1841 which produced 23 generals that fought in the Civil War. Richardson served as a second lieutenant in the Second Seminole...  

CDV, General Hugh Judson Kilpatrick

The first Regular U.S. Army officer to be wounded in action during the Civil War, on June 10, 1861, at the battle of Big Bethel, Virginia

He was wounded again in the 1864 Atlanta, Georgia campaign

United States Minister to Chile

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(1836-81) Born near Deckertown, New Jersey, he graduated in the West Point class of May 1861, and only a month after graduating from the academy he had the distinction of being the first Regular U.S. Army officer to be wounded in action during the Civil War, this coming at the...  

CDV, General John H. Martindale

1862 Civil War dated image

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(1815-81) The son of a 5 term United States Congressman, he was Born in Sandy Hill (now Hudson Falls) New York. He graduated with honors being #3 in his West Point class of 1835. He later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1838 commencing his practice in Batavia, N.Y. where he served two terms as the district attorney. On August 9, 1861, he was commissioned brigadier general of volunteers and fought throughout the 1862 Virginia Peninsular campaign in command of a brigade of...  

CDV, General John F. Rathbone

Autographed carte de visite

Cousin of Major Henry R. Rathbone, who was in the presidential box at Ford's Theater, on the night of the Lincoln assassination!

(1821-?) Born in Albany, N.Y., he was educated at Albany Academy and the Collegiate Institute at Brockport. In 1845, he built a foundry in Albany which became one of the largest in the world. When the Civil War broke out in 1861, Rathbone was commissioned Brigadier General in the New York National Guard, and appointed commandant of the Albany Depot of Volunteers. From this depot...  

CDV, General James S. Wadsworth

Mortally wounded in the battle of the Wilderness, Virginia in May 1864

His division fought like heroes to fight off disaster on July 1, 1863, at Gettysburg

From the personal collection of Surgeon & General Bernard John Dowling Irwin. Irwin has the distinct honor of being the first recipient of the Medal of Honor in U.S. military history by date of action, February 13, 1861

(1807-64) He was born to wealthy parents in Geneseo, Livingston County, in western New York State. His father, James Wadsworth, was the owner of one of the...  

CDV, General Gordon Granger

He was the savior of the Union army at the battle of Chickamauga, Georgia

From the personal collection of Surgeon & General Bernard John Dowling Irwin. Irwin has the distinct honor of being the first recipient of the Medal of Honor in U.S. military history by date of action, February 13, 1861

(1822-76) Born in Joy, Wayne County, New York, he graduated in the West Point class of 1845. After graduation he fought in the Mexican War, and was cited for gallantry for his actions in the Siege of Veracruz, the Battle of Cerro Gordo, the...  

CDV, General Nathaniel P. Banks

United States Congressman from Massachusetts

Member of the President Andrew Johnson Impeachment Congress

United States Speaker of the House

Governor of Massachusetts

From the personal collection of Surgeon & General Bernard John Dowling Irwin. Irwin has the distinct honor of being the first recipient of the Medal of Honor in U.S. military history by date of action, February 13, 1861

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(1816-1894) Born at Waltham, Massachusetts. He was Speaker of the Massachusetts House, presided over the...  

CDV, General John A. McClernand

Accompanied President Abraham Lincoln's body on the Lincoln Funeral train from Washington, D.C., to Springfield, Illinois.

Buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois, which is where President Lincoln is buried.

From the personal collection of Surgeon & General Bernard John Dowling Irwin. Irwin has the distinct honor of being the first recipient of the Medal of Honor in U.S. military history by date of action, February 13, 1861

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(1812-1890) Born near Hardinsburg, Kentucky, he moved with his...  

CDV, General John G. Parke

Served in the battles of Antietam, Fredericksburg, Vicksburg, Knoxville, Grant's 1864 Overland campaign, Petersburg and Appomattox

From the personal collection of Surgeon & General Bernard John Dowling Irwin. Irwin has the distinct honor of being the first recipient of the Medal of Honor in U.S. military history by date of action, February 13, 1861

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(1827-1900) Born in Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, he graduated #2 in the West Point class of 1849. He was appointed brigadier general on November...  

CDV, General Godfrey Weitzel

Acting Mayor of the captured city of New Orleans, Louisiana in 1862

He commanded the 25th Corps, Army of the Potomac, in 1864, which was composed entirely of negro troops.

From the personal collection of Surgeon & General Bernard John Dowling Irwin. Irwin has the distinct honor of being the first recipient of the Medal of Honor in U.S. military history by date of action, February 13, 1861

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(1835-84) Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, he graduated #2 in the West Point class of 1855. Commissioned into the elite...