Bidspirit auction | ASCH, MYER. CARTE-DE-VISITE PHOTOGRAPH. Three-fourths

ASCH, MYER. CARTE-DE-VISITE PHOTOGRAPH. Three-fourths view, bareheaded, in uniform. Photog. R. W. Addis, Washington, DC. Philadelphia born Brevet Major Myer Asch (1831-90) of Company H, First New Jersey Cavalry participated in many of the Civil War’s most famous cavalry battles. Present at Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Courthouse. Commanded George Meade Post, Grand Army of the Republic, Philadelphia. Asch served as Secretary, US Centennial Commission, Philadelphia in 1876.