General D.B. Birney. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve.
Annotation from negative, glass side: Genl. D.B. Barney.
U.S.A.; when Kearney fell in battle at Bull Run, Birney took his place & drove the Confederates back & held the field that night.
Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Purchase; Alice H. Cox and Mary H. Evans; 1954.
General information about the Brady-Handy photograph collection is available at loc.gov
Forms part of: Brady-Handy photograph collection (Library of Congress).