General Charles Pomeroy Stone, a career U.S. Army officer and civil engineer. Reported to be the first volunteer to join the Union Army in 1861, he played a crucial role in securing Washington, D.C. for Abraham Lincoln's inauguration. However, his reputation was severely damaged following the Union defeat at the Battle of Ball's Bluff in October 1861. He was arrested and imprisoned without trial for six months, serving as a political scapegoat for the disaster. Back marked Fredricks and Co., New York.