1860s CIVIL WAR UNION ARMY GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK CDV PHOTO BY BRADY

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VERY rare and original, 1860's CDV Photograph of Union Civil War Major General Winfield Scott Hancock by Mathew Brady. This fantastic, period, albumen Photograph is oval cut and measures approx. 1 3/4” by 2 3/4”. It is mounted on its original, square corner, gold ruled CDV Card Mount (card measures approx 2 3/8" by 4").
This outstanding, bust portrait of Hancock is oval cut and mounted withing an oval, printed border on its original CDV mount with printed text below the image that reads “Maj. Gen. W. S. Hancock”. The CDV is blank backed but the portrait was originally taken by Mathew Brady.
This rare and wonderful CDV Photograph is in very good condition. The Image exhibits sharp focus, strong contrast and rich, warm tonality. Both the Image and the card mount are clean and crisp although the mount is slightly trimmed at the top edge and the top corners are clipped to facilitate insertion into a period CDV Album.
A very rare and original, 1860's CDV Photograph of Union Civil War Major General Winfield Scott Hancock by Mathew Brady and a fantastic addition to any collection!!
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Winfield Scott Hancock (February 14, 1824 – February 9, 1886) was a career U.S. Army officer and the Democratic nominee for President of the United States in 1880. He served with distinction in the Army for four decades, including service in the Mexican-American War and as a Union general in the American Civil War. Known to his Army colleagues as "Hancock the Superb", he was noted in particular for his personal leadership at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. One military historian wrote, "No other Union general at Gettysburg dominated men by the sheer force of their presence more completely than Hancock.". His military service continued after the Civil War, as Hancock participated in the military Reconstruction of the South and the Army's presence at the Western frontier.
Hancock's reputation as a war hero at Gettysburg, combined with his rare status as a prominent figure with impeccable Unionist credentials and pro-states' rights views, made him a quadrennial presidential possibility in the years after the Civil War. His noted integrity was a counterpoint to the corruption of the era, for as President Rutherford B. Hayes said, "... [i]f, when we make up our estimate of a public man, conspicuous both as a soldier and in civil life, we are to think first and chiefly of his manhood, his integrity, his purity, his singleness of purpose, and his unselfish devotion to duty, we can truthfully say of Hancock that he was through and through pure gold.". This nationwide popularity led the Democrats to nominate him for President in 1880. Although he ran a strong campaign, Hancock was defeated by Republican James Garfield by the closest popular vote margin in American history.
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