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This rare outdoor image was originally made some time after the capture of Confederate Fort Harrison east of Richmond. The original wet plate that was the source of this albumen now resides in the Library of Congress Civil War image collection. The title accompanying the wet plate says the following: …$950.00
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This quarter plate ambrotype is a rare image. Pictures of Union drummers are quite unusual, and this one is exceptional in content and condition. The soldier is standing with his field drum suspended around his neck with a cord. The drum has a circular design around the sound hole that… -
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This quarter plate ruby ambrotype is quite uncommon with respect to New Hampshire images. It depicts the soldier in the classic New Hampshire pose with his hat insignia proudly displayed, but additionally the soldier is photographed with his wife. Most of these soldiers were photographed individually. The “NHV” letters are… -
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Very nice quarter plate ruby ambrotype of a New Hampshire sergeant holding a musket and displaying his kepi in the classic New Hampshire photographic fashion. Unfortunately, the soldier did not hold the kepi completely steady, so the letters are somewhat fuzzy. They are still readable, however, and identify the soldier… -
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On August 9, 1864, Captain John Maxwell and his guide R. K. Dillard talked their way past Union pickets and entered City Point, site of the Union army’s huge supply depot during the Petersburg campaign. Maxwell carried a box with a “horological torpedo,” or time bomb, that consisted of a…