Following the American Civil War Sesquicentennial with day by day writings of the time, currently 1863.

Gen. George Stoneman.

June 10, 2012

Library of Congress

air Oaks, Virginia (vicinity). Gen. George Stoneman

Title: Fair Oaks, Virginia (vicinity). Gen. George Stoneman, U.S.A.

June 1862

Photographed by James F. Gibson

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign

Civil War glass negative collection.  Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

Record page for this image: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/cwp2003005790/PP/

Wikipedia:  George Stoneman, Jr. (August 8, 1822 – September 5, 1894) was a career United States Army officer, a Union cavalry general in the American Civil War, and the 15th governor of California between 1883 and 1887.

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