Bidspirit auction | JOSEPH L. BRENT

JOSEPH L. BRENT - (1826 - 1905) Confederate brigadier general, one of three Californians to become Confederate generals or a diplomat. He fought most of the war in Louisiana. He is most remembered for engaging the USS Indianola with two gunboats. The capture of that vessel ended Porter's Red River Expedition. His rare signature with rank 'Brig. Gen. C.S.A.' on the verso of a cabinet photograph of Brent in civilian garb taken by Koestner, Baltimore in the post-war years. A second signature with rank has been affixed to the bottom of the front of the photograph as well. Fine.