CDV: Col. McCook of the “Fighting McCooks”

Pleasing oval carte-de-visite (CDV) view of an armed George Wythe McCook, Lt. Colonel of the 2nd Ohio Infantry, Colonel of the 157th Ohio Infantry, and Ohio Adjutant General. McCook’s military exploits are well documented as a member of the “Fighting McCooks”, members of a family of Ohioans who reached prominence as officers in the Union Army during the Civil War. Two brothers, Daniel and John McCook, and thirteen of their sons were involved in the army, making the family one of the most prolific in American military history. Condition as shown.

[Civil War, Union, Confederate, Antique Photograph, Daguerreotype, Ambrotype, Tintype, CDV, Albumen]