Gen. John E. Wool & Staff

[GELongstreet]

A carte de visite of Gen. John Ellis Wool and his staff during the American Civil War. Wool was supposedly the oldest general to serve during the civil war; being 77 years old in 1861. He was retired by Lincoln in 1863 after a career spanning 51 years.

The officers are, from left to right:

Maj. John B. Fotheringham
Cpt. Joseph C. Audenried (ADC and Commissary of Musters)
Col. Thomas J. Cram (Inspector General)
Maj. Lawrence Kip (ADC)
Maj. Gen. Wool
Cpt. French E. Howe
Col. LeGrand B. Cannon (ADC)

Due to the staff composition the picture must have been made in 63, between April and June.

Source: http://waroftherebellion.com

 

[alexjack]

Colonel LeGrand B. Cannon, what a great name!

 

[Andrew]

Coincidentally, just yesterday I was reading that one of the first war time photos ever taken was of General Wool and his staff during the Mexican-American war, around 1847-1848.

(from http://www.luminous-lint.com/app/image/15151381716871576903/)

 

[GELongstreet]

Coincidentally, just yesterday I was reading that one of the first war time photos ever taken was of General Wool and his staff during the Mexican-American war, around 1847-1848.
...

Nice find. It's said to be in Castillo in late 46 or early 47.

 

[Aussie Billy Sherman]

Isn't that the photo people have claimed Lee is in?

 

[Mr. King]

I read that Gen'l Wool was beside himself when Lincoln retired him.

 

[GELongstreet]

I read that Gen'l Wool was beside himself when Lincoln retired him.

He definitely wasn`t in a good mood - he protested the retirement. By the way, he also was in overall command at and during the New York Draft Riots. Perhaps a little politics involved ...

 

[DixieRifles]

Cpt. Joseph C. Audenried (ADC and Commissary of Musters)

From my notes on Captain Audenried

Joseph C. Audenried USMA 1861
Brevet Captain Sept 17 1862 for gallant and meritorious service at Battle of Antietam.
Aide de Camp to Maj-Gen Grant June 20-Oct 1.
Aide de Camp to Maj-Gen Sherman Oct 1, 1863 to June 3, 1880

Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military By George Washington Cullum, Edward Singleton Holden Pg 824 has Audenried's biography.
Google Book Link: http://books.google.com/books?id=doneAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA824&dq=Audenried+Colliersville&lr=#v=onepage&q=Audenried Colliersville&f=false

Website with photos of Audenried http://behind.aotw.org/2007/04/11/audenried-61/

More Quotes:
Joseph Audenried (1839-1880) was fresh from the US Military Academy at West Point as the American Civil War began in the Spring of 1861. On graduation he was commissioned 1st Lieutenant in the 3rd US Cavalry, beginning a career that would last nearly twenty years til his death at age 41.

In July 1862, he was detached from the Regiment for duty as aide-de-camp to Major General Edwin V. Sumner, commanding 2d Army Corps, and in August was promoted to Captain in the Staff Corps. In September they were off on the Maryland Campaign, finding particularly vicious combat at the West Woods on the 17th. Quote AA Report: "Lieutenant-Colonel Revere and Captain Audenried were both severely wounded, and obliged to leave the field"

After recovering, the Captain was again in action at Fredericksburg, Virginia in December, and he continued to serve on Sumner's staff until the General resigned his field command in March 1863. (Transferred to Gen. Grant in June.)

On Grant's recommendation, he was transferred to the staff of Major General William T. Sherman at Memphis on 1 October 1863 $, and was in action nearly continuously thereafter on the Chattanooga and Knoxville campaigns. In his Memoirs, General Sherman later related an incident of the evening of 12 Feb 1864 near Decatur, Mississippi, with the Army enroute to Meridian (which I have not included).

$. -- This placed Audenried on Sherman's train on October 11th, when it stopped at Collierville in the middle of a battle as the combined Union forces of ~500 men were fighting to hold off an attack by 3000 cavalrymen of General Chalmers' division.

As I recall it, Audenreid remained an ADC to General of the Army Sherman until Sherman retired in 1880. I thought that meant Audenreid held the rank of Brigadier General. But I don't see that in these links so I'm not sure on that point. Need to go review that Google Books bio.
Link: http://books.google.com/books?id=doneAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA824&dq=Audenried+Colliersville&lr=#v=onepage&q=Audenried Colliersville&f=false

 

[DixieRifles]

Due to the staff composition the picture must have been made in 63, between April and June.

The Google Book reference on Audenried stated he joined General Wool's staff on April 1863 and then went to General Grant's staff on June 20, 1863.

 

[GELongstreet]

The Google Book reference on Audenried stated he joined General Wool's staff on April 1863 and then went to General Grant's staff on June 20, 1863.

That´s one of the reasons why I wrote it. Audenried wasn´t there much earlier and Wool wasn´t there much later.