Hazen, Major General W.B., Half-length Portrait, Facing Left

  • Title: Hazen, Major General W.B., Half-length Portrait, Facing Left
  • Date: ca. 1862
  • Description: This half-length seated photograph of a Union officer shows a young middle-age man with mustache and goatee looking to his right.
  • Historical Note: William Babcock Hazen (1830-1887), a graduate of West Point, was one of the heroes of the Battle of Stones River, Murfreesboro, Tennessee. A monument to his brigade, which had also suffered casualties at Shiloh, was erected on the battlefield a few months later--setting a precedent for other Civil War monuments to come.
  • Institution: Library of Congress
  • Publisher: Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
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