Original -
Charles Pomeroy Stone with his daughter Hettienot for voting - (part of) unrestored original
Reason
Unique picture of
Charles Pomeroy Stone (1824–1887) with his daughter Hettie. Stone taught geography, history and ethics at
West Point, then fought in the
Mexican War, left the army because he felt it didn't pay enough to support his family, became a banker in San Francisco, then surveyed
Sonora where he briefly was the acting consul, moved to Washington D.C., was reputedly the first volunteer officer in the Union Army, was
Abraham Lincoln's security chief at his inauguration, lost a thousand men to the Confederates at
Ball's Bluff, was disgraced and imprisoned (but never convicted), subsequently cleared, went back briefly to the
Army of the Potomac, after the war worked for a mining company in Virginia, then went to Egypt where he was --for thirteen years-- the chief of staff for
Ismail the Magnificent and his successor; then came back to the States and was engineer for the
Florida Ship Canal Company. And then he was the Chief Engineer for the construction of the
Statue of Liberty's pedestal and concrete foundation. Imagine the stories Hettie could tell.
Original -
Charles Pomeroy Stone with his daughter Hettienot for voting - (part of) unrestored original
Reason
Unique picture of
Charles Pomeroy Stone (1824–1887) with his daughter Hettie. Stone taught geography, history and ethics at
West Point, then fought in the
Mexican War, left the army because he felt it didn't pay enough to support his family, became a banker in San Francisco, then surveyed
Sonora where he briefly was the acting consul, moved to Washington D.C., was reputedly the first volunteer officer in the Union Army, was
Abraham Lincoln's security chief at his inauguration, lost a thousand men to the Confederates at
Ball's Bluff, was disgraced and imprisoned (but never convicted), subsequently cleared, went back briefly to the
Army of the Potomac, after the war worked for a mining company in Virginia, then went to Egypt where he was --for thirteen years-- the chief of staff for
Ismail the Magnificent and his successor; then came back to the States and was engineer for the
Florida Ship Canal Company. And then he was the Chief Engineer for the construction of the
Statue of Liberty's pedestal and concrete foundation. Imagine the stories Hettie could tell.