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Lot includes two different unsigned vignettes of General Robert Emmet Clary (1805-1890) as Colonel, one by Addis, Washington and the other blank, plus three superb views of his son, Captain Robert E. Clary Jr., 2nd US Cavalry, all unsigned. The first CDV of the younger Clary is an early 1861 photograph as 2nd Lieut., 2nd US Dragoons, showing the regally posed officer, hand on hip, with his saber. The second carte, with Wm. C. North, Cleveland imprint, is a late 1862 view depicting Clary on recruiting duty, wearing a fancy non-regulation officer’s shell jacket. The third carte is a fine group shot that shows 1st Lieut. Clary in full dress uniform, surrounded by a bevy of well dressed females, pencil identified as, Mrs. Stone/ Mrs. Ray/Miss Rose Potty (sic). The senior Clary graduated West Point Class in 1828 and had an uneventful career on the western frontier up until the Civil War. In 1861 Major Clary was acting as Chief Quartermaster, Dept. of Utah and with the start of the war was appointed to the same position in the Dept. of West Virginia. Clary was promoted to Colonel & AADC of Vols. 7/62; promoted Lieut. Colonel & Quartermaster 4/64. At the end of the war Colonel Clary received two brevets, to Colonel and Brig. General (3/13/65) “for faithful and meritorious service.” General Clary m/o of volunteer service 5/66; retired from regular army 2/69. Lieut. Robert E. Clary, Jr. (1833-1864) was commissioned 2nd Lieut., 2nd Dragoons 4/61; promoted 1st Lieut. 5/61, the 2nd Dragoons, becoming the 2nd US Cavalry in August 1861. In 1862, Lieut. Clary served during the Peninsula Campaign and the Siege of Yorktown; promoted Captain 8/62. He was brought up on charges of “conduct unbecoming” in July 1862 for being drunk and intoxicated in Washington, D.C., but was acquitted by the court martial board. He then fought at 2nd Bull Run where he was captured and exchanged on 9/21/62 at Aiken’s Landing, VA. Captain Clary then undertook recruiting duty in Cleveland late in 1862 before rejoining his regiment in February 1863. He participated in Stoneman’s Raid in May 1863 and is casually mentioned in the O.R.’s on several occasions. He also served intermittently on the staff of general Buford and General Stoneman. Clary then went absent until August 1863 and appears to have been afflicted with a drinking problem. He was court-martialed again in September 1863 but the proceedings were rescinded by General Pleasanton on a technicality and Captain Clary ordered back to “duty with his regiment.” Several months later on December 29, 1863 Clary was brought up on charges a third time for “conduct unbecoming an officer” and found “guilty.” He was summarily “dismissed from the service” on February 13, 1864. Clary died prematurely in Memphis on December 10, 1864 leaving a young wife named Abby Grace Clary who, supposedly, later met and fell in love with Captain Myles Keogh of Custer fame before she, too, died suddenly in June 1866. A biographical article on Clary was published in the Sept/Oct. 2011 issue of MI magazine. The Keogh story is found online at several genealogical sites including GenForum. The Clary CDVs are sold with a large research file that includes photocopied National Archive service records and court martial transcripts. Both father and son are buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. Condition: CDV’s are uniformly near VG. Both cartes of General Clary with clipped corners.