Antique Photogravure For CDV Of Brigadier General James Shields
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This vintage carte de visite sized Photogravure features of Brigadier General James Shields. Note that it is not mounted onto a card and has a missing chunk of paper at the bottom From Wikipedia: James Shields (May 10, 1806[b] – June 1, 1879) was an Irish American politician and United States Army officer, who is the only person in U.S. history to serve as a Senator for three different states, and one of only two to represent multiple states in the U.S. Born and initially educated in Ireland, Shields emigrated to the Americas in 1826. In 1836, he was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives, and later as State Auditor. His work as auditor was criticized by a young Abraham Lincoln, who (with his then fiancée, Mary Todd) published a series of inflammatory pseudonymous letters in a local paper. Shields challenged Lincoln to a duel, and the two nearly fought on September 22, 1842, before making peace, and eventually becoming friends. At the outbreak of the Mexican–American War,
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