CIVIL War Confederate Maj. Gen. Robert E. Rodes Official Ww2 Us Army Photo 1943

RODES OFFICIAL WW2 US ARMY PHOTO 1943. CIVIL WAR CONFEDERATE MAJOR GENERAL ROBERT E. Robert Emmett (or Emmet) Rodes b. 1864 was a Confederate general in the American Civil War, and the first of Robert E. Lee's divisional commanders not trained at West Point. His division led Stonewall Jackson's devastating surprise attack at the Battle of Chancellorsville; Jackson, on his deathbed, recommended that Rodes be promoted to major general. Rodes then served in the corps of Richard S. Ewell at the Battle of Gettysburg and in the Overland Campaign, before that corps was sent to the Shenandoah Valley under Jubal Early, where Rodes was killed at the Third Battle of Winchester.

ARMY PHOTO OF CONFEDERATE BRIGADIER GENERAL ROBERT E. RODES IN UNIFORM FROM A HALFTONE OF THE TIME. ARMY HAND STAMP ON THE REVERSE. Publication of this photograph is not authorized. Unless approved for release by Public Information.

Office at any Army Installation or Activity and. Its use in commercial advertis. Ment must be approved by the Public Information. Division, Office of the Chief of Information.

Office of the Chief of Information. Was functioning under the Army's Chief of Staff to manage public relations and information flow during World War 2 starting in 1943. PERIOD HAND WRITTEN ID ON THE REVERSE.

LIST OF CIVIL WAR ENGAGEMENTS. First Battle of Bull Run. DIMENSIONS: 8" x 9 15/16". THIS IS NOT A REPRODUCTION OR A COPY.

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