Rare autographed cdv of General James A Ekin in Dress Uniform as a Member of Honor Guard of selected officers detailed to take Abraham Lincoln's body to Springfield Il.  Taken by Fassett of Chicago who famously photographed all the members of the honor guard (I think 13 in total) dressed in Dress Uniform and signed below the images.  Ekin also served on the Lincoln Assasination Tribunal to try the Conspritors among other actions.  Rare and important.  Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. A builder of ships and steamboats prior to the Civil War he entered service as 1st Lieutenant and regimental quartermaster of the 12th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. He reached the rank of Colonel in the Quartermaster Department holding various posts including that of Chief Quartermaster of the Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Potomac. He received the brevet of Brigadier General, US Volunteers on March 8, 1865. On March 13, 1865 he was brevetted Brigadier General, US regular Army for "faithful and meritorious services in the Quartermaster's Department during the war". In 1865 he was a member of the military tribunal that tried the Lincoln murder conspirators. He retired from the Regular Army in 1883 with the rank of Colonel.