J.H. Savage. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve.
M.C.; John Houston Savage, born in Ten, 1815; died in Tenn, 1887; served in Mexican and Lt. Col. Civil Wars; wounded in Civil war; many years in congress; Presidential elector on the Polk and Dallas ticket in 1844; Private in Seminole War; Col of State Militia; Maj. 14th U.S. Infantry in Mexican War, also Lt. Col; Col. of 16th Tenn. Infantry in Civil War, wounded at Perryville and Murfreesboro; died 1904 in Tenn.
Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Purchase; Alice H. Cox and Mary H. Evans; 1954.
General information about the Brady-Handy photograph collection is available at loc.gov
Forms part of: Brady-Handy photograph collection (Library of Congress).