This rare outdoor image was originally made some time after the capture of Confederate Fort Harrison east of Richmond.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: …
This very nice albumen shows a standing Collis S. Hough, who enlisted in the 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery, Company I. Hough is nicely posed standing next to a column with one arm resting on the column. He has sergeant stripes on his sleeves, his rank at enlistment. He was reduced…
Ambrotype, 6th plate This fine image depicts a seated Confederate soldier, likely from Mississippi or Texas. He is wearing a two-piece belt plate with a star device, used by both Mississippi and Texas (a star can be found on both Mississippi and Texas buttons). The soldier is triple-armed, with a…