This is a full standing view of Major General Joseph K. F. Mansfield of Connecticut to led the 12^th Corps, Army of the Potomac at Antietam and was killed in action. In this image Gen. Mansfield is posed with his sword in front of him with his hands crossed and resting on the sword pommel. He wears a double-breasted frock coat with Major General’s “brush” epaulets, sword belt with sash, gauntlets and dark trousers with thin officer’s leg stripes. He stands beside a podium and pillar on which rests what looks like a bi-corn or a slouch hat with both sides turned up. The hat has a large wreath with a US at center. Under magnification there appears to be a hat cord under the front insignia. Image is very good. Clear with good contrast. Mount is good with just light surface dirt from age. Back has “Gen. Mansfield” across the top in pencil. Back mark is E Anthony from a Brady negative.

Joseph King Fenno Mansfield was born in New Haven, Connecticut on December 22, 1803. At the age of 14 he attended the US Military Academy at West Point. He graduated second in the class of 1822. As an engineer he worked on southern coastal defenses until the Mexican War began. He served as Chief Engineer under Zachary Taylor and saw action at Fort Brown, Monterey and Buena Vista. During the war he won Brevet promotions to Major, Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel. In 1853, at the recommendation of then Secretary of War Jefferson Davis, Mansfield was Colonel in the Inspector general’s Department. When the Civil War broke out Mansfield was appointed Brigadier General and assigned to duty in Washington. After General McClellan took command of the Army of the Potomac Mansfield was assigned to command of the 12^th Corps. As Mansfield led his Corps onto the field at Antietam he and his mount were shot down. Mansfield died the next day. Six months later he was promoted to Major General of Volunteers to rank from July 18, 1862. He was returned to his hometown of Middletown, Connecticut and was buried there in Indian Hill Cemetery. The home he lived in Middletown is now the home of the Middletown Historical Society and is open for visitors.