This is a rare Civil War CDV carte de visite of General John Sedgwick. As can be seen from the back stamp, the albumen photograph is from a negative by Matthew Brady ("Brady's National Portrait Gallery"). The print was published by E. & H.T. Anthony of New York City. The CDV measures 4 x 2 3/8 inches and is in very good condition. There is some slight rippling on the right side of the backing paper. The back has a 19th century handwritten pencil inscription identifying Sedgwick.
John Sedgwick (1813-1864) was a teacher, a career military officer, and a Union Army general in the Civil War. His May 9, 1864 death at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House is often considered a tale of irony. He was the highest ranking Union casualty in the Civil War. Although James B. McPherson was in command of an army at the time of his death and Sedgwick of a corps, Sedgwick had the most senior rank by date of all major generals killed. Upon hearing of his death, Lt. General Ulysses S. Grant, flabbergasted by the news, repeatedly asked, "Is he really dead?"
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