click zoom to display a high-res image
Lucius Fairchild
Image
Photograph of Lucius Fairchild of the 2nd Wisconsin made by Mathew Brady in Washington, D.C. about three months after the Battle of Gettysburg. Severely wounded during the battle, Fairchild was briefly captured, but paroled by the Confederates. Clearly still recovering from the amputation of his left arm, Fairchild went to Washington in October, 1863 to receive his promotion to brigadier general and to resign from the Army to run for political office in Wisconsin.
November 1863
Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries
Publication Information
Physical Description
Collection Information
Copyright Information
W0141GJ
WHi 34330
Image
Digital Collections
Explore more than 100,000 collection items online through the Society’s digital collections. For over two decades, we’ve been scanning, photographing, and digitizing materials from our collections, creating a rich and growing digital archive that brings history closer to you.
The Wisconsin Historical Society offers an ever-growing digital collection. Digitized materials reflect the full range of items in the collections including photographs, letters, newsletters, films, posters, architectural drawings, menus, and ephemera.
Attribution
For a credit line: Wisconsin Historical Society, Creator, Title, Unique Identifier.
The Unique Identifier can be found at the top or bottom of the page for each item. The name of a downloaded file is NOT the unique identifier.
For bibliographic citations please consult the UW-Madison Libraries Citation Research Guide to ensure compliance with appropriate style guidelines.
Accessing Collections
The vast majority of the items in our collections are not online. The Society owns thousands of archival collections viewable in our Archives reading room. To view and conduct research in our collections, visit us in person.
Lucius Fairchild
1862
Carte-de-visite portrait of Lucius Fairchild in his uniform as lieutenant colonel of the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry by the Brady studio.
Daughters of Lucius Fairchild
Portrait of, from left to right, Mary, Salley, and Carol Fairchild, daughters of Lucius Fairchild.
Lucius Fairchild
1870
Waist-up portrait of Lucius Fairchild during his tenure as Secretary of State of Wisconsin. Fairchild's arm was amputated after he was injured at the Battle of Gettysburg on July 1, 1863. In 1866 h...
Lucius Fairchild
1864
Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Colonel Lucius Fairchild in Madison, probably after the loss of his arm at Gettysburg. This portrait can be dated as no later than mid-1864 because that is the...
