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Lot of 8. Cdv of William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891, USMA 1840), no photographer's identification. He resigned his commission in 1853 to become a partner in a San Francisco bank and shortly after, superintendent of the Louisiana State Seminary and Military Academy, which would move to Baron Rouge after the war and become Louisiana State University. Over 150 years later, Sherman still rates as the most hated man in Georgia. Cdv of Isaac Jones Wistar (1827-1905). A commercial ("collector's) card with "Colonel Wistar / California Regiment" and copyright of McAllister & Brothers, Philadelphia in lower margin. Wistar traveled with a friend to California in 1849. After a few years in the gold fields, he decided to study law, being admitted to the California bar in 1854. He returned East in 1857, then determined to go back to California as a merchant in 1859 where he was when war erupted. He joined his friend Sen. Baker in recruiting a California regiment, with Baker as its Colonel and Wistar its Lt. Col., in spite of having been educated at Friends schools during his youth. They raised two regiments of 800 men each. Baker was killed at Ball's Bluff in October and the regiments went on to fight at Antietam, Gettysburg, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Spotslyvania, and many others with Wistar in command. His health later failed and he was forced to resign his commission in 1864. Cdv of Maj. Gen. William Babcock Hazen (1830-1887, USMA 1855) with backmark of Fredericks, New York. Manuscript label in lower margin and date Dec. 13th, 1864 in ink on verso. After the academy he was sent west to fight Indians, then returned to West Point to instruct in tactics in 1861. He was commissioned Col. of the 41st Ohio in October 1861. He was primarily active in the Western Theater, seeing action at Shiloh, Murfreesboro, Perryville, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, Atlanta and many more. He remained in service after the war, becoming Chief Signal Officer and Head of the Weather Bureau in 1880. He was in this position when Greely's ill-fated expedition set out to record meteorological, astronomical and magnetic data in the arctic. Cdv of Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace (1827-1905), with backmark of Anthony-Brady. Label in lower margin on front, ink date of March 21st, 1862 on verso. Although he was admitted to the Indiana bar in 1849, Wallace had little interest in the law. He was elected to the state senate in 1856 and at the outbreak of the war, served as adjutant general of Indiana. He requested a field command and was commissioned Colonel of the 11th Indiana (zouave) regiment. Later he served as a member of the commission that tried the Lincoln assassination conspirators and was president of the court martial that condemned Henry Wirz (Andersonville). After the was he served as governor of New Mexico Territory and US minister to Turkey, but is probably best known for his novel, Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1880). Cdv and clipped signature of George Gordon Meade (1815-1872, USMA 1835). Cdv with Anthony-Brady backmark, clipped signature signed as Maj. General, Comdg. He resigned after one year in artillery, seeking a position as a civil engineer. When he had difficulty finding employment, he returned to the Army in 1842. He was a Topographical Engineer at the time of the eruption of the war. He received a Brigadier's commission in the Volunteer service shortly after. In June 1863 he was put in command of the Army of the Potomac, just three days before Gettysburg. He earned Grant's respect over the next few months, and at Grant's request was promoted to Major General of the regular army in August 1864. Cdv of Joseph Hooker (1814-1879, USMA 1837), with backmark of a New York purchasing agent. Hooker resigned his commission in 1853 to settle in California. With the beginning of the war, he became a colonel in the state militia, but offered his service to the Federal government. He was commissioned Brig. Genl. USV after writing to Lincoln