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A large albumen photograph of Colonel Nathaniel Macrae.  Macrae graduated West Point in 1826.  He was moved out to protect the pioneers and fought in the Black Hawk War.  He lost one of his legs in a hurricane but was still sent out to take command of Fort Union, New Mexico.  He also commanded Fort Massachusetts at the headwaters of the Arkansas River.  He was moved back to command Jefferson Barracks in the late 1850's.  He lost his wife and due to intense grief retired from the United State Regular Army after 1st Bull Run.  He was appointed head of the Volunteer Recruiting Service for Ohio and was finally made a mustering officer.  He also was involed in the Veteran's Reserve Corp.  He was breveted Lt. Colonel and then Colonel.  During 1862 when Kirby Smith made a move toward capturing Cincinnati, Ohio, Macrae was in charge and commanded 1500 "Squirel Hunters".  The "Squirel Hunters" were men that were not in the army but volunteered to save Cincinnati from the Confederate threat. 

 

Colonel Macrae had a super record with the early Pioneer Indian War army and finished his career at the end of the Civil War.  The actual photograph is approximately 4 3/4 inches by 3 1/2 inches.  It is mounted on a flexible sheet of paper approxiamtely 9 1/2 inches by 7 3/4 inches.