Two Photographs: Col. Edwd. W. Smith & John Hay, Plus Col. Jno M. Wilson, CMOH 

Lot of 2: Oval, albumen photograph of Col. Edward W. Smith seated beside Lt. Col. John Hay, both wearing Maj./Lt. Col. shoulder straps, identified in modern pencil on verso, 4 x 5.5 in., taped to 5 x 7 in. mat. Bvt. Brig. Gen. Smith was a Col. with the 15th US Inf., and received 4 brevets, including Brig. Gen. 3/65. Following his brief service in the Civil War, Hay, who was brevetted Lt. Col. and Col., went on to work as private secretary and assistant to Abraham Lincoln. Pach Bros., post-war cabinet photograph of Lt. Col. John M. Wilson, with applied paper label on verso identifying the subject. Union Army Engineer John Moulder Wilson was commissioned into the combined batteries B & L of the 2nd US Artillery as part of the US Horse Artillery Brigade in 1860. After transferring to the Corps of Topographical Engineers in July, 1862, Wilson was awarded the CMOH for fighting at the Battle of Mulvern Hill, VA, one month later. He joined the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1863 and received three brevet promotions for service in Alabama. Following the Civil War, Wilson served as Superintendent of West Point from 1889-1893 and was appointed Chief of Engineers during the Spanish-American War. 

Provenance: The Robert Trownsell Collection

Smith/Hay image has undergone toning, hole/small tear along top edge of photograph, few scratches on surface. Wilson CC, some light smudging on albumen, mostly along top left corner/edge.