Brigadier General John Sanford Mason photograph   Save
Brigadier General J.S. Mason Collection
Description: Dated ca. 1861-1865, this is a photograph of American Civil War Brigadier General John Sanford Mason. Mason was born in Steubenville, Ohio, in 1824 and attended Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, and Washington College in Pennsylvania before being appointed to the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, in 1843. After battling illness while serving in the Mexican War, Mason served in the American Civil War and eventually became the colonel of the 4th Ohio Infantry. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC3316_1_BrigGenMason
Subjects: U.S. Army; Civil War 1861-1865; Military officers; Generals--United States
Places: Ohio