Eugene Carr (on right), a native of New York, graduated from West Point in 1850 and fought Native Americans in Texas. In 1861 he also joined General Lyon’s army, and commanded a cavalry company at the Battle of Wilson’s Creek. While in command of a division of General Samuel Curtis’s Army of the Southwest at the Battle of Pea Ridge, Carr was wounded three times, and subsequently received the Medal of Honor and promotion to brigadier general. Carr led a division during both the Vicksburg campaign and Steele’s Camden Expedition. Like Steele, he also served at the Siege of Mobile. Following the Civil War, Carr saw extensive service on the frontier in action against Native Americans. He retired from the army in 1893 and died in 1910.

Frederick Steele (on left), also a New Yorker, graduated from West Point in 1843 (the same class as Ulysses S. Grant). After service in the Mexican-American War, Steele was promoted to captain. At the start of the Civil War, he joined General Nathaniel Lyon’s Army of the West and led a battalion of Regular troops at the Battle of Wilson’s Creek. Promoted to brigadier general in early 1862, Steele commanded a division under Generals Samuel Curtis and William Tecumseh Sherman. Following his promotion to major general and service in the Vicksburg Campaign, Steele captured the Arkansas capital of Little Rock. In the spring of 1864, he advanced deep into southern Arkansas, but was forced to retreat back to Little Rock during the ill-fated Camden Expedition. His last combat service was at the Siege of Mobile, Alabama, in the spring of 1865. Steele died in 1868.

Judge Baker (center) has not been positively identified, but may be James Baker, Iowa’s attorney general, army officer, and later a judge of the Missouri Supreme Court.

The image was probably taken in 1862.

Carte-de-Visite by J.A. Scholten, St. Louis, Mo.

Image Courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield; WICR 31802