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THBGeneral Henry B. Carrington, Commander during the Fetterman Massacre, Autographed CDV
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Albumen carte of Henry Beebee Carrington in uniform, ink signed along the vertical edge on verso Henry B. Carrington, U.S.A., with E.P. & Wm. Kellogg, Hartfort, CT backmark.
Henry B. Carrington (1824–1912) was a Civil War General and Commander of troops massacred by Sioux Indians under Chief Red Cloud, known as "The Fetterman Massacre." Carrington graduated Yale in 1845 and moved to Ohio to practice law with William Dennison, Jr. (later Civil War Governor of Ohio and US Postmaster General under Lincoln). He helped organize the Republican Party in Ohio in 1854. When the Civil War began, Carrington, then Judge Advocate General of Ohio, was commissioned Colonel of the 18th U.S. Infantry. He was appointed Brigadier General in 1863.
Following the war, he served out West and was assigned to protect the Bozeman Trail. He constructed a series of forts, including Fort Phil Kearny, which he personally built, to protect the trail. Carrington was not popular with his men or fellow officers, as being too cautious in following up on Indian depredations. In December 1866, a force of up to 1,500 Indians attacked a wood-cutting detail from his fort. Sensing a trap, Carrington reluctantly agreed to let Captain William Fetterman, a cocky officer who was one of Carrington's chief detractors, take 80 men to pursue the Indians. He ordered Fetterman not to pursue them too far from the fort. Fetterman disobeyed and his force was lured into an ambush where they were slaughtered with no survivors. According to one account, Fetterman and his second in command, when they realized they were to be captured, simultaneously shot each other in the head - and this after an earlier boast by Fetterman that he could defeat 2,000 Indians with just 80 men. Carrington was relieved of command pending an investigation. He was eventually exonerated. However, due to Fetterman’s popularity, coupled with distrust of Carrington's leadership, his military career was effectively ruined. He retired from active service in 1870. Afterwards, Carrington taught military science at Wabash College, and married the widow of one of the officers killed in the Fetterman massacre. In 1873, he returned West and was instrumental in drafting a treaty with the Flathead Indians of Montana in 1889. He also authored a number of historical works.Light soiling on cdv verso. Otherwise, very good.Condition
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