General Edwin Vose Sumner CDV and Signature with Rank as Brigadier General. Matted to 8” X 10”. Born in Boston, he joined the army in 1819 as a second lieutenant in the 2nd U.S. Infantry. Sumner served in the Black Hawk War (1832) and on the frontier, earning promotions to captain (1833) and major (1846) in the 2nd Dragoons. During the Mexican-American War, he distinguished himself at Cerro Gordo, earning a brevet to lieutenant colonel, and at Molino del Rey, receiving a brevet to colonel. By 1855, he commanded the 1st U.S. Cavalry and led operations in Bleeding Kansas and the Utah War. Appointed brigadier general in 1861, Sumner led a division in the Army of the Potomac during the Peninsula Campaign, earning a promotion to major general. He commanded the II Corps at Seven Pines and Antietam (1862), where he was wounded. Criticized for tactical errors at Antietam, he was reassigned to Missouri. In 1863, while en route to his new command, Sumner died of illness in Syracuse, New York, at age 66.