Three portraits of John B. Morehouse. From left to right: Feb. or March, 1865, Washingtion; Dec. 1863 or Jan. 1864, Baltimore; July or Aug. 1865, New Haven.
This image was found among the papers at Lyon Homestead. Morris W. Lyon placed flowers…
Commissioned (seated) and non-commissioned (standing) officers of the First Connecticut Cavalry, during the Civil War era. John B. Morehouse of Fairfield is third from the left, standing.
Ely S. Parker was a Seneca Indian chief who served as a key aide and secretary to General Ulysses S. Grant during the Civil War. He wrote out the final draft of the Confederate surrender at Appomattox.