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Unique display featuring three carte-de-visite portraits of Confederate generals, with two signed by their subjects: at center is a 2.25 x 3.75 carte-de-visite portraying Robert E. Lee in uniform, colorfully embellished by hand with an illustration of two flags, boldly signed in the lower border in ink, "R. E. Lee"; to the left is a 2.5 x 3.75 carte-de-visite of P. G. T. Beauregeard wearing a bow tie, neatly signed below the image in ink, "G. T. Beauregard, 1867"; and to the right is a rare 2.5 x 3.75 carte-de-visite portrait of William E. Starke, who was killed in action at the Battle of Antietam while commanding the famed 'Stonewall Division,' identified in pencil in another hand. Matted and framed together to an overall size of 14.75 x 8.75; on the reverse is an interesting provenance note: "Actually personally signed autographs give by the respective gentlemen to my great grandmother Mrs. (General) Philip St. George Cocke and presented to me by my mother Lucy Hamilton Cocke Elliott in 1937, John Page Elliott." In overall fine condition, with dampstaining to the mat.
Philip St. George Cocke (1809–1861) was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army who is best known for organizing the defense of Virginia along the Potomac River soon after the state's secession from the Union. He commanded troops in the Battle of Blackburn's Ford and the First Battle of Bull Run (First Manassas) in July 1861 before becoming despondent and committing suicide. This display boasts an interesting array of portraits of his compatriots and brothers-in-arms, evidently presented to his widow.
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