CDV of Civil War Commodore Charles Henry Davis

Carte de visite photograph of a seated knees up view of a Civil War Navy Commodore Charles Henry Davis wearing uniform of US Navy commodore and holding cap in lap. Image presents backmark of Charles D. Fredericks, Broadway, New York. Carte image presents good tones with some bumping at edges of carte. Charles Henry Davis (1807-1877) United States Navy officer and scientist. He commanded the Western Gunboat Flotilla at the Battle of Memphis and the expedition up the Yazoo river. He was a founding member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1863.