A sepia colored carte-de-visite showing James Gillpatrick Blunt and family. From left to right: daughter Sadie, Mrs. Nancy C. Blunt, James Blunt and son Rufus. A physician and abolitionist from Anderson County, Kansas, Blunt served as a Lieutenant Colonel of the 3rd Kansas Volunteers under General James Lane. In April 1862, Abraham Lincoln appointed Blunt to Brigadier General of the Department and Army of Kansas. His effective leadership skills combined with military strategies, brought victory in a series of battles and skirmishes from Missouri to Arkansas. The success from these military campaigns promoted Blunt to major general, which was the highest rank received by any Kansan in the Union army.

Date: Between 1861 and 1865