Brig. Gen. Albert J. Myer, Chief Signal Officer, USA

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1 photographic print on cabinet card mount : albumen. | Photograph shows Brig. General Albert J. Myer, three-quarter length portrait, in uniform.

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This 1865 photograph by Mathew B. Brady shows Brigadier General Albert J. Myer in uniform, identified as Chief Signal Officer of the United States Army. The three-quarter length portrait was printed on albumen paper and mounted on a cabinet card.

No further details about Myer's service, the circumstances of the photograph, or the specific duties of the Signal Officer are recorded in the archive. The photograph was taken during the final year of the Civil War, though the archive provides no additional context about when or where Brady made this portrait.

Compiled from the catalogue record and reference notes on the formats and events involved. The archive record above is the primary source.

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