Alexander Shaler (1827–1911) was a Union Army general in the American Civil War. He received the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Second Battle of Fredericksburg. After the war, he was at various times the head of the New York City Fire Department, president of the National Rifle Association, and mayor of Ridgefield, New Jersey.
Caption on negative in US Library of Congress is "Gen. Alex Shaler of N.Y."
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1863
Civil War glass negative collection (US Library of Congress). Call Number: LC-B813- 1667 A [P&amp;P] LOT 4192  <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpb.05470">http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpb.05470</a>