FULL STANDING VIEW OF FORMER GOVERNOR AND COLONEL OF THE 17TH SOUTH CAROLINA KILLED AT 2ND BULL RUN – JOHN HUGH MEANS

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Image has a period ink ID at center bottom of the mount that reads “COL. J. H. MEANS.”

CDV is of Means in civilian clothes leaning against a balustrade, over which his light-colored overcoat is draped, holding his top hat in his hand and resting the other hand on his hip.

Contrast and clarity are good. Mount and card are toned.

Reverse has the remains of a paper label that reads “(Q)UINBY & CO…(CHARLESTON, S.C.) There is also some collector information at bottom.

From the collection of the late William A. Turner.

An on-line biography of John Hugh Means reads as follows:

“John Hugh Means (August 18, 1812 – August 30, 1862) was the 64th Governor of South Carolina from 1850 to 1852 and an infantry colonel in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was killed in action at the Second Battle of Manassas, one of a handful of pre-war well-known politicians to perish during the conflict. Born in the Fairfield District of South Carolina, Means was educated at Mount Zion College in Winnsboro and he graduated from South Carolina College in 1832. He became a planter and his outspoken support of states' rights led him to his election in the General Assembly. During the agitation of secession in the decade prior to the Civil War, Means was elected in 1850 as Governor of South Carolina by the General Assembly, with Lieutenant Governor Joshua John Ward. He presided over a state convention in 1852 that passed a resolution stating that South Carolina had the right to secede if the Federal government sought in any way to disturb the institution of slavery. Furthermore, Means prepared the state for war by increasing the funding of the state militia. Means signed the Ordinance of Secession in 1860 and enrolled in the Confederate Army being elected to Colonel of the 17th South Carolina Infantry. The regiment saw action in Virginia at the battles of Malvern Hill during the Peninsula Campaign and then at the Rappahannock Station in prelude to the Second Battle of Manassas. As a part of Longstreet's Corps, the 17th Regiment arrived at 11 a.m. on August 29 to repulse an attack by Pope on the Confederates' right flank. After stopping the Union forces, the Confederates counterattacked and Means was killed in the fighting.”

Colonel Means is buried in the Mean’s Family Cemetery, Salem Crossroads, South Carolina.  [AD] [ph:L]

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