Raynors HCA 2015-11
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/3/2015
President Ulysses S. Grant Aztec Club Photograph. Amazing albumen photograph, measuring 10.75" x 8.5", featuring members of the Aztec Club with guests, taken at the mansion of Gen. Robert Patterson during an anniversary dinner of the club on September 16, 1873. The Aztec Club of 1847 is a patriotic hereditary society founded by U.S. Army officers who served in the Mexican War. Robert Patterson, who served as a major general during the war, was president of the club from 1867 until 1881. Seen in the photograph are former officers of both the Union and Confederate Armies, from left to right: (sitting on the front row) Gen. Fitz John Porter, Capt. Henry Coppee, Gen. Robert Patterson, President Ulysses S. Grant, Gen. George A.H. Blake, Gen. John G. Barnard (misidentified as I.G. Barnard), Gen. Oliver L. Shepherd, and Gen. William H. French; (second row) Governor Milledge L. Bonham, Gen. John J. Abercrombie, Surgeon John M. Cuyler, Gen. T.L. Alexander, Lt. Col. Frederick D. Grant (as a guest of the dinner), Gen. Orville E. Babcock, Capt. E.L.F. Hardcastle, Gen. William F. Barry, and Gen. Cadmus M. Wilcox; (last row) Col. Charles I. Biddle, Gen. Zealous B. Tower, and Gen. Robert E. Patterson. Affixed to a mount to an overall size of 17-1/2" x 15". A key to the photo appears below the image. A superb image.
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