Clinton Bowen Fisk (1828-1890)

Fisk was a Union general and a prohibitionist. The Civil War found him living in St. Louis. In 1862 he was made brigadier general of volunteers, and eventually received his major-generalcy. After the war he opened a school for black freedmen, which was chartered in 1867 as Fisk University. It was one of the earliest approaches to the problem of African-American education. In 1886 Fisk became the Prohibitionist Party's candidate for governor in New Jersey.

Date:
1863 circa 5 years
Original Format:
Carte de Visite
Item#:
MES16811
Photographer:
F. Gutekunst (Philadelphia)
Height:
1223px
Width:
731px
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