CDV of Confederate General Harry T. Hays By Tanner & Vanness Lynchburg, VA

CDV of Confederate General Harry T. Hays with Tanner & Vanness Lynchburg, VA backmark. The image is in great overall despite corners being clipped which was done to at one point fit this into an album.
 
Harry Thompson Hays was born in Tennessee on April 14, 1820 but being orphaned at a young age he was raised by an uncle in Mississippi. He graduated from St. Mary’s College in Baltimore, Maryland and studied law in that city.
 
Hays set up an office in New Orleans and after distinguished service in the war with Mexico he became active in politics as a Whig. He entered the Confederate service as colonel of the 7th Louisiana Infantry and fought at 1st Bull Run, Jackson’s Valley campaign and was severely wounded at Port Republic. He returned to duty and was promoted to brigadier general on July 25,1862 and served at Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and the Wilderness. Hays was badly wounded for a second time at Spotsylvania and upon his return to the army he was transferred to the Trans-Mississippi Department. On May 25, 1865 he was assigned to duty with General Edmund Kirby Smith and was paroled at the wars end.
After the war Hays returned to New Orleans and practiced law until his death on August 21, 1876. He is buried in Lafayette Cemetery Number 1, New Orleans, Louisiana.