John P. Usher. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve.
Annotation from negative, on glass support: John P. Usher.
John P. Usher: born 1816, died 1889; of Indiana; was first assistant Secretary of the Interior from 1862 to 1863, when he became Secretary of the Interior in Lincoln's and Johnson's cabinets, serving till May, 1865.
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).