General John Gray Foster

Item CDV-11281

Description

General John Gray Foster (1823-1874) American soldier.  A career military officer, Civil War general.  He served in North and South Carolina during the war.  A reconstruction era expert in underwater demolition, he wrote a treatise on the subject in 1869.  He continued with the Army after the war, using his expertise as assistant to the chief engineer in Washington, DC and at a post on Lake Erie.  CD with E. H. & T. Anthony from Brady negative.