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General Joseph Andrew Jackson Lightburn CDV

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A hard to find image of General Joseph Andrew Jackson Lightburn.  His Civil War career began as the Colonel of the 4th West Virginia Infantry in August, 1861.  At Vicksburg he commanded the 2nd Brigade of Francis P. Blair's division of the XV Corps.  On March 16, 1863 he was made a brigadier general of volunteers, and at Chattanooga in November, 1863, he served under W.T. Sherman in the attack on Missionary Ridge.  He took part in the Atlanta campaign in Morgan Smith's division.  His brigade was roughly handle at Kennesaw Mountain but distinuished itself under the leadership of Lightburn and Smith at the Augusta railroad cut in front of Atlanta on July 22.  On August 24, 1864, while taking part in the operations which shifted Sherman's forces west and south around Atlanta, Lightburn was struck in the head by a rifle bullet.  After his recovery, he was moved to West Virginia and Maryland and served there for the rest of the war.
 
The image has Lightburn in a bust shot.  There is no backmark.  Written in pencil onthe ack is "Genl Lightburn - 2d Div - 15 AC".  The card is trimmed on the top and bottom but does not affect the General's image.


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