Civil War General

Assassinated while serving as 20th President of the United States

(1831-81) Elected to the Ohio Senate as a Republican in 1859. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he helped recruit the 42nd Ohio Infantry, and became their lieutenant colonel and later colonel in December 1861. He won an engagement at Big Sandy Valley in Jan. 1862, and was promoted to brigadier general. He also fought at Shiloh, Corinth, and Chickamauga and earned promotion to major general. Garfield served 9 terms in the House of Representatives and was elected 20th President of the United States. Four months after his inauguration, he was shot down in the Washington Railroad depot, on July 2, 1881, and died 11 weeks later.

Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 1/2 x 4 1/8 card. Excellent quality bust view image. James A. Garfield is imprinted on the front mount. No backmark. Sharp image. Very fine.