Item No. 5468155

A vignette CDV portrait of Hugh Thompson Reid, Union brigadier general from Iowa. The image was from an album assembled by B. J. D. Irwin, the noted Army surgeon, naturalist, and Medal of Honor recipient. On the reverse is a contemporary ink identification of Reid over the imprint of Memphis photographers Barr & Young. The carte measures about 2 1/2” x 4”.

Hugh T. Reid was a lawyer and railroad president before the Civil War and served as colonel of the 15th Iowa Infantry. He commanded his regiment at the Battle of Shiloh in April 1862, where he was severely wounded but refused to leave the field, and later participated in the Vicksburg Campaign. He was promoted to brigadier general of volunteers in March 1863 and continued in service until resigning in 1864.