Description
The subject of this 6th plate relievo ambrotype is a member of the “Old Dominion Rifles” who enlisted in the 28th Virginia Infantry as Company C in June of 1861. In October of 1862 the company transferred to the 38th Bttn. Virginia Artillery. Two brothers from this company are pictured in identical poses with identical uniforms in the H. E. Howard Virginia Regimental series history of the 28th Virginia Infantry by Frank E. Fields, Jr.
