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    This quarter plate tintype of a triple armed Union cavalryman was taken at Benton Barracks with the iconic cannon/mortar/flag backdrop.  The cavalryman is in full standing pose with his unsheathed sword pointed to the ground.  A Burnside carbine is at his side on the carbine sling.  The sling buckle is…
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    This sixth plate tintype is loaded with content.  A pair of cavalrymen are standing in front of the Benton Barracks “Fort on the Hill” backdrop.  They are fully displaying their cavalry sabres out of the scabbards in one hand and are holding short rifles or muskets, rather than carbines, in…
  • CDV of John Ericcson, Inventor of the USS Monitor, with Rare Inscription by John Rogers Meigs
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    Very nice condition CDV of John Ericcson, of Monitor fame.  Verso is marked J. E. Tilton & Co., Boston.  Of major significance is the period pen marking, “Ericsson – the Scientist, Bo’t of Franck Taylor, Penn. Av. Wash. D.C. Mar. 31, 1862. = H0.20F. J. Meigs.”  J. Meigs was John…
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    This uncommon CDV size image depicts a standing Union cavalry soldier with his sabre fully displayed in the scabbard.  He is wearing a cavalry shell jacket with nicely gilded trim and buttons.  His belt has a gilded sabre belt plate and cap box.  The image has a three-dimensional look to…
  • Copy Tintype, 5×7 This image is a copy most likely made from an ambrotype.  It is in a 5×7 inch format.  I do not know when it was made, but I would guess late 1800’s.  I have seen an image of an identified Indiana private using the identical flag backdrop…
  • Cornet Band Drummer CDV
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    Cornet bands were popular during the Civil War.  The instrumentation consisted of varying types of brass instruments collectively referred to as cornets. The bands were usually supported by a snare and bass drum. This nicely hand colored Carte de Visite depicts a musician in a Cornet band standing with his…
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    Beautiful sixth plate clear glass ambrotype of a Union corporal armed with a small percussion boot pistol and Sheffield style knife in his belt.  He is wearing a frock coat with nicely tinted corporal stripes on the sleeves, blue for infantry.  His Hardee hat is decked out with an infantry…
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    Beautiful sixth plate tintype of a Union sergeant armed with what looks like a Model 1816 conversion musket. The double strapped front barrel band and buttonhead ramrod are strong clues.  He has a Smith & Wesson Model #1 revolver tucked into his belt, which has a cap box and bayonet…
  • Double Armed Yankee with Marston Pocket Revolver
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    The Union soldier in this sixth plate tintype is double armed with a pistol and bayonet in his belt.  The pistol is quite uncommon in a civil war image, as it is a Marston pocket revolver.  The Marston Pocket Model Revolver was a 31 caliber 5-shot percussion revolver with walnut…
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    Daguerreotype and Ruby Ambrotype, 9th plate Very nice ruby ambrotype of a soldier from the first or second New Hampshire.  The daguerreotype is of the same individual as a younger man.  The uniform was issued to the first and second New Hampshire and consisted of a gray wool swallow-tail coat…
  • First Sergeant John E. Cram, Co. B, 11th New Hampshire Inf.
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    This sixth plate tintype depicts a classically posed New Hampshire soldier displaying his regiment and company insignia on the top of his kepi.  The soldier is first sergeant John E. Cram of Co. B, 11th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry.  His sergeant stripes and part of the lozenges representing a first…
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    Ambrotype, 9th plate Although this image displays some uniform characteristics that appear to be Confederate, it is most likely an Illinois soldier.  Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and New York all issued shell jackets that are very similar to Confederate depot jackets.  This image has been evaluated by a noted uniform collector…