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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… -
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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… -
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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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William Gilham was an 1840 graduate of West Point who fought in the Seminole and Mexican wars. Desiring to be an educator, he joined the faculty of the Virginia Military Institute in 1846. At VMI, Gilham developed the departments of Chemistry and Agriculture, taught infantry tactics and served as the… -
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John Smith Cleveland was born on January 7, 1826 in Selma, Dallas County, Alabama. He was the son of Carter Harrison Cleveland and Mary Smith Cleveland. He graduated law school in Nashville, Tennessee. He married Mary Elizabeth Tipton. They had seven children: Julia, Margaret Ann, John Carter, William, Lula and… -
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The same Confederate Lieutenant Colonel is pictured in this pair of ambrotypes. The half plate image shows the officer standing alone, and the quarter plate image shows him seated with his wife standing next to him. He appears to be wearing the same single breasted frock coat in both images,… -
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Pictured in this tintype are William M. Bearden (standing) and Rufus M. Bearden of Bibb Co. GA. William enlisted on April 15, 1861 as a private in Co. C, 8th GA Infantry (Macon Guards). He is wearing the uniform of the Macon Guards in this image, and the letters “MG”… -
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This fine quarter plate Neff’s patent melainotype is one of the most iconic of Confederate images. It was most notably published on page 73 in Greg Mast’s groundbreaking work State Troops and Volunteers, A Photographic Record of North Carolina’s Civil War Soldiers, Volume 1. It was also published in Lon… -
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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… -
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Ambrotype, 6th plate This image comes with a modern printed identification note in the case. The note says: Private Thomas Newman 64th Regiment Co. E Georgia Volunteer Infantry I have no way of knowing if this identification is accurate. The uniform is dark like some other Georgia images I have…