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This sixth plate ambrotype depicts a simply dressed Confederate soldier who is well equipped with leather belts and straps. His waist belt likely has some kind of buckle, but it is not visible. The narrow shoulder strap looks like it would support a canteen. The wider shoulder strap has a…$2,650.00 -
This sixth plate tintype depicts a simply dressed Confederate soldier wearing a checked shirt with bowtie and kepi. He is nicely outfitted with early war white web cross belts and an oval breastplate which has been gilded. This belt configuration was intended to carry a cartridge box and usually was…$2,150.00 -
This nice ninth plate ruby ambrotype depicts a young Confederate soldier wielding a knife and pepperbox pistol. The knife is very similar in appearance to a Richmond style clip point side knife. Many such knives were manufactured in the South during the war. He is dressed in a decorative “battle…$2,975.00 -
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This sixth plate ruby ambrotype certainly has an Edmund Ruffin look to it. The gentleman is too old to serve in the army, but he shows his support for the Southern cause with his stern demeanor and prominent display of a D-guard bowie knife. Without words he is saying do… -
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This sixth plate Confederate ambrotype features some great content. The soldier is posed with his weapons held up in each hand for all to see. He is obviously ready for a fight. Prominently displayed is the large D guard Bowie knife with gilded guard. He has a Colt revolver in… -
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John Smith Cleveland was born on January 7, 1826 in Selma, Dallas County, Alabama. He was the son of Carter Harrison Cleveland and Mary Smith Cleveland. He graduated law school in Nashville, Tennessee. He married Mary Elizabeth Tipton. They had seven children: Julia, Margaret Ann, John Carter, William, Lula and… -
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The same Confederate Lieutenant Colonel is pictured in this pair of ambrotypes. The half plate image shows the officer standing alone, and the quarter plate image shows him seated with his wife standing next to him. He appears to be wearing the same single breasted frock coat in both images,… -
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Pictured in this tintype are William M. Bearden (standing) and Rufus M. Bearden of Bibb Co. GA. William enlisted on April 15, 1861 as a private in Co. C, 8th GA Infantry (Macon Guards). He is wearing the uniform of the Macon Guards in this image, and the letters “MG”… -
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This fine quarter plate Neff’s patent melainotype is one of the most iconic of Confederate images. It was most notably published on page 73 in Greg Mast’s groundbreaking work State Troops and Volunteers, A Photographic Record of North Carolina’s Civil War Soldiers, Volume 1. It was also published in Lon… -
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Ambrotype, 6th plate This image comes with a modern printed identification note in the case. The note says: Private Thomas Newman 64th Regiment Co. E Georgia Volunteer Infantry I have no way of knowing if this identification is accurate. The uniform is dark like some other Georgia images I have… -
This sixth plate clear glass ambrotype depicts a Confederate soldier nicely posed in an upright seated position. The soldier is wearing a frock coat that is open to reveal his vest, shirt, and tie. His cheeks are softly tinted, and his ring and buttons are gilded. The image is very…$1,950.00 -
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Very fine ninth plate clear glass ambrotype of an unidentified Confederate officer with a black notched collar on his frock coat. He is very likely a surgeon. A similar unidentified image is in the collection of the American Civil War Museum (Museum of the Confederacy). There are two images of…