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Photographer: Library of Congress
Caption: Maj. Gen. Peter J. Osterhaus
Additional Description: “A German by birth, Osterhaus was educated for the Prussian army, in which he became an officer. He emigrated to the United States, and when the war broke out entered the service as major of Missouri volunteers, serving with Frémont; under Grant in the Vicksburg siege and the operations at Chattanooga; and under Sherman in the Atlanta campaign, the march through Georgia, and the campaign in the Carolinas. Before the war was over he had been promoted to the rank of major-general. On being mustered out of the service in 1866 he was made United States consul at Lyons, France.” – McClure’s Magazine, Vol. X, No. 3, January 1898.

Photo by Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries between 1860 and 1865.
Submitted: November 26, 2020, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p552364
File Size: 3.269 Megabytes

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