This stunning ambrotype depicts a pre-war VMI cadet in furlough uniform. The image is correct such that the “VMI” letters on the hat are not reversed. This is because the image was made using the Cutting’s patent methodology, where the emulsion side of the glass is turned around and a…
Ambrotype, 6th plate. Wheeler is identified on page 38 of Timothy Bradshaw’s book “Battery Wagner, The Siege, The Men who Fought and the Casualties.” This exact image is pictured. The purchaser will receive a copy of the book with the image. The 18th Battalion SC Artillery was also known as…
Palmore sat for this ambrotype in the uniform of the Cumberland Light Dragoons (Cumberland Troop). He saw Civil War service in the 53rd VA, so he evidently did not enlist in the 3rd VA Cavalry with many of the men of the Cumberland Troop. Palmore family letters in the University…