Beschreibung:

Carte de visite of Alfred Pleasonton, autographed below vignetted portrait as Major General, with Brady, New York imprint on mount recto and verso. Ex-dragoon Pleasonton (1824-1897) was made Brigadier General in July 1862 and Major General in June 1863, commanding the Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Potomac where his record was largely undistinguished. During the Gettysburg campaign of 1863, he promoted 1st Lieut. George Custer as well as Capt. Wesley Merritt to Brigadier General. Pleasonton won the epic cavalry fight at Brandy Station that conferred superiority to the Federal mounted arm, but his lack of enthusiasm for the planned Kilpatrick Raid endorsed by the President cost him his job and he was exiled to Missouri. Condition: Signature remains strong.