Albert Pike (1809-1891), (painting).

Albert Pike (1809-1891), (painting).

Unknown, painter.

Albert Pike (1809-1891), (painting).

Seated portrait of Albert Pike with long white hair. His right arm rests across the right arm of his chair and his left hand rests on left arm of his chair.

Portrait male -- Pike, Albert -- Waist length

Arkansas History Commission, One Capitol Mall, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 Accession Number: 4543.56

Albert Pike was born in Boston in 1809, and moved to Arkansas in 1833. He a brigadier general, CSA, in charge of Indian Territory. He also rendered service in both the war with Mexico and the Civil War (as a Confederate general). He was an associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court in 1864. After the Civil War he left Little Rock, moving first to Memphis and then to New Orleans. He was married to Mary Hamilton. In 1868 he settled in Washington, D.C., where he remained for the balance of his life. He died in Washington in 1891.

Crawford, Sybil F., 2003.

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