RARE! CIVIL WAR UNION MAJ. GEN. JOHN C. FRÉMONT & FAMILY STEREOVIEW PHOTO c1862

Description: ORIGINAL! RARE! CIVIL WAR UNION MAJ. GEN. JOHN C. FRÉMONT & FAMILY STEREOVIEW PHOTO c1862 RARE! CIVIL WAR UNION MAJOR GENERAL JOHN C. FRÉMONT NICKNAMED " THE GREAT PATHFINDER " SITS LEANING IN HIS CHAIR IN THE FOREGROUND WITH HIS FAMILY AROUND HIM. INCLUDING HIS WIFE; JESSIE "BENTON" (ON RIGHT) DAUGHTER; ELIZABETH "LILY" (ON LEFT) ; AND THEIR OLDEST SON JOHN C. (ON SWING TO RIGHT) AND YOUNGEST SON; FRANCIS PRESTON (ON SWING TO LEFT). HE TAKES IN SOME SUMMER REST AND RELAXATION WHILE UNION OFFICERS STAND BY (ONE LIKELY BEING MAJOR HASKELL AIDE De CAMP) AT THE MAIOLIS GARDEN AMUSEMENT PARK IN NAHANT, MASSACHUSETTS. THE MAJOR GENERAL JOHN C. FRÉMONT AND JESSIE "BENTON" HAD A SUMMER COTTAGE AT NAHANT, MASSACHUSETTS. TITLED ON THE REVERSE: BOSTON AND VICINITY. 310 View in Maolis Garden Nahant============================================================== PHOTOGRAPHER: John S. Moulton (American, 1820/1821 - after 1899) (JOHN S. MOULTON PHOTOGRAPHED OTHER SCENES OF NAHANT, MASS. AND OTHER UNION GENERAL'S OCEAN COTTAGES; i.e. ; CASTLE ROCK ANS EAST POINT NAHANT (MASSACHUSETTS) i.e.; GRANT'S COTTAGE AT LONG BRANCH c1865 (NEW JERSEY) ==================================================================================== PERIOD TEXT FROM A NAHANT, MASS. LOCAL NEWSPAPER ARTICLE : CAPE ANN ADVERTISER 1862 MAJ. GEN. JOHN C. FRÉMONT GEN. FREMONT with his family and a portion of his staff, have been encamped at the "Loaf" for the past fortnight. On Monday afternoon, in company with a few friends, we visited Coffin's Beach, and made a brief call at their encampment, having a strong desire to see the man of whom we have heard and read. On arriving at the encampment, Major Haskell gave us an introduction to the General, and we were cordially received. We found him quite affable, and were very favorably impressed during our brief interview. His object in visiting this locality is to avoid publicity, as he wishes a brief season of retirement from the cares of military life, in which he has so actively participated of late. ================================================================ MAJOR GENERAL JOHN C. FRÉMONT (b.1813-d.1890). The career of John Charles Frémont, who became know as “The Great Pathfinder,” Before the war, Frémont made a name for himself leading several expeditions into the west in order to explore the regions and survey them for further expansion. In July of 1838, he was appointed a second lieutenant in Corps of Topographical Engineers, and led four major expeditions into the west to survey and explore the regions. During the Mexican-American War, Frémont led the California Battalion to capture the cities of Santa Barbara, Presidio, and part of Los Angeles. He also signed the Treaty of Cahuenga, which ended the war in most of California. After the war, Frémont received the military governorship of California, but when he refused to give up the seat, was court-martialed and resigned from the military on March 15, 1848. Frémont served as a senator from California from 1850 to 1851, and ran unsuccessfully for president of the United States as the first Republican Party candidate in 1856. At the outbreak of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln appointed Frémont a major general on May 15, 1861, and gave him command of the Department of the West. He tried at first to officially bring Missouri into the cause for the Union, but instead brought about the end of his appointment when Lincoln feared that his actions would actually push Missouri to join the Confederacy. He was moved to Virginia, and in June of 1862, met Confederate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson at the battle of Cross Keys. Frémont was unable to destroy Jackson’s army, and Jackson was able to slip away. After the battle, Frémont’s corps was moved under the command of General John Pope, who Frémont strongly disliked. He was relieved of command as a result of his own request, and never again received a command. After the war, Frémont served as the territorial governor of Arizona from 1878 to 1887. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SHARP FOCUS AND VERY GOOD CONTRAST. DIMENSIONS: 6 3/4" x 3 1/8" CONDITION IS EXTREMELY FINE WITH SOME LIGHT HANDLING FROM ITS 162+ YEARS. (please see pictures). THE PICTURE OF THE FRÉMONT COTTAGE IN NAHANT, MASSACHUSETTS IS FOR REFERENCE ONLY AND NOT INCLUDED IN WITH THIS LISTING. THIS IS NOT A REPRODUCTION OR A COPY. PLEASE SEE MY 100% POSITIVE FEEDBACK AND BUY WITH CONFIDENCE.

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