Keywords: William H. French - Brady-Handy.jpg Gen W H French U S A Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Brady-Handy Photograph Collection http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/cwpbh 00751 CALL NUMBER LC-BH82- 136 <P P>P P between 1855 1865 creator Mathew Brady PD LOC-image cwpbh 00751 William Henry French January 13 1815 May 20 1881 was a career U S Army officer and a Union Army general in the American Civil War He rose to temporarily command a corps within the Army of the Potomac but was relieved of active field duty following poor performance during the Mine Run Campaign in late 1863 This summary was created using Commons SumItUp en William_H _French PD-old-100 DEFAULTSORT French William H Black and white portrait photographs of military people in uniform American Civil War photographs by Mathew Brady Generals of the United States |