Description
Very nice carte view of Major General John Foster. Commissioned brigadier-general of volunteers on Oct. 23, 1861, for services at Roanoke Island in Burnside’s expedition to North Carolina received. He was then in command of the Department of North Carolina, having been promoted major-general of volunteers, conducted several important and successful expeditions in 1862-63, had charge of the combined departments of Virginia and North Carolina from July to Nov., 1863 and after that commanded the Army and Department of the Ohio. This command he was forced to give up in Dec., 1864, on account of severe injuries sustained by a fall from his horse, and, on recovery was given command of the Department of the South. Foster received Gen. Sherman and his army at Savannah, Dec. 21, 1864, on the completion of the march to the sea, and commenced the operations for the reduction of Fort Sumter and the capture of Charleston, S. C., but was forced by the condition of his old wound to leave the carrying out of his plans to Gen. Q. A. Gillmore. He received the brevet ranks of brigadier-general and major-general in the regular army for his services at Savannah and in the field during the war. Gen. Foster commanded the Department of Florida in 1865-66, and afterward superintended the construction of river and harbor improvements at Boston and Portsmouth. Back marked by Antony.
