Early Civil War-period CDV of Confederate Col. Sam Hyams, La., as pencil identified on mount below image. With Ben Oppenheimer, Photograph Gallery, 56 Dauphin St. Mobile imprint and additional identification on verso. An adept horseman with a private military education, the Confederacy granted Lieutenant Colonel Samuel M. Hyams, Jr. high rank early after his enlistment in the Confederate Army. Hyams’ father, Lieutenant Colonel Samuel M. Hyams, held an advanced position in the 3rd Louisiana Infantry. Unique to many officers on either side, Hyams and his father were Jewish. They served together until Hyam Sr.’s early retirement in 1862. Some may have cried nepotism when Hyams Jr. was given his initial commission, but his efforts on the battlefield earned him a series of well-deserved promotions. On several occasions, Hyams' superiors noted his bravery. Following a fierce fight at Wilson’s Creek, Brigadier General Louis Hebert reported that after leaving his horse, Hyams continued to fight with his men on foot (Robert N. Rosen, The Jewish Confederates, p. 148). Impressed, Brigadier General Hebert made Hyams his aide-de-camp in June 1862. In two short years, Hyams reached the rank of lieutenant colonel and assumed command of the 2nd Missouri Cavalry in 1864. Feeling their major deserved the position more, the men of the 2nd Missouri voted that the other officer receive the position. Hyams accepted their wishes and took control of the 1st Mississippi Partisan Rangers (later known as the 7th Mississippi Cavalry) instead. He became a member of General Nathan Bedford Forrest’s Field and Staff and participated in the defense of Mobile in 1864. As a member of Forrest’s staff, it is highly probable that he accompanied Forrest at his surrender in May 1865. References: Rosen, Robert N. The Jewish Confederates. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 2000, p. 147. Hewitt, Lawrence Lee & Arthur W. Bergeron, Jr. Eds. Louisianians in the Civil War. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 2002, pp. 76-77. Provenance: Property of N. Flayderman & Co. Condition: Some spotting, soiling on mount., with an inked identification on the reverse.
Early Civil War-period CDV of Confederate Col. Sam Hyams, La., as pencil identified on mount below image. With Ben Oppenheimer, Photograph Gallery, 56 Dauphin St. Mobile imprint and additional identification on verso. An adept horseman with a private military education, the Confederacy granted Lieutenant Colonel Samuel M. Hyams, Jr. high rank early after his enlistment in the Confederate Army. Hyams’ father, Lieutenant Colonel Samuel M. Hyams, held an advanced position in the 3rd Louisiana Infantry. Unique to many officers on either side, Hyams and his father were Jewish. They served together until Hyam Sr.’s early retirement in 1862. Some may have cried nepotism when Hyams Jr. was given his initial commission, but his efforts on the battlefield earned him a series of well-deserved promotions. On several occasions, Hyams' superiors noted his bravery. Following a fierce fight at Wilson’s Creek, Brigadier General Louis Hebert reported that after leaving his horse, Hyams continued to fight with his men on foot (Robert N. Rosen, The Jewish Confederates, p. 148). Impressed, Brigadier General Hebert made Hyams his aide-de-camp in June 1862. In two short years, Hyams reached the rank of lieutenant colonel and assumed command of the 2nd Missouri Cavalry in 1864. Feeling their major deserved the position more, the men of the 2nd Missouri voted that the other officer receive the position. Hyams accepted their wishes and took control of the 1st Mississippi Partisan Rangers (later known as the 7th Mississippi Cavalry) instead. He became a member of General Nathan Bedford Forrest’s Field and Staff and participated in the defense of Mobile in 1864. As a member of Forrest’s staff, it is highly probable that he accompanied Forrest at his surrender in May 1865. References: Rosen, Robert N. The Jewish Confederates. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 2000, p. 147. Hewitt, Lawrence Lee & Arthur W. Bergeron, Jr. Eds. Louisianians in the Civil War. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 2002, pp. 76-77. Provenance: Property of N. Flayderman & Co. Condition: Some spotting, soiling on mount., with an inked identification on the reverse.
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