• "Out of many, one" de facto US motto - *Milou*

[Unidentified young soldier in Union uniform with bayoneted musket, knapsack, and knife] (LOC)

[Unidentified young soldier in Union uniform with bayoneted musket, knapsack, and knife]

[between 1861 and 1865]

1 photograph : sixth-plate ambrotype, hand-colored ; 9.3 x 8.0 cm (case)

Notes:
 Title devised by Library staff.
Case: Leather geometric with vase motif in center.
Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105).

Subjects:
 United States.--Army--People--1860-1870.
Soldiers--Union--1860-1870.
Military uniforms--Union--1860-1870.
Rifles--1860-1870.
Bayonets--Union--1860-1870.
Knives--Union--1860-1870.
Youth--1860-1870.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union.

Format: Portrait photographs--1860-1870.
Ambrotypes--Hand-colored--1860-1870.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Part Of: Ambrotype/Tintype filing series (Library of Congress) (DLC) 2010650518
Liljenquist Family collection (Library of Congress) (DLC) 2010650519

More information about this collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj

Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.26889

Call Number: AMB/TIN no. 2036

Comments and faves

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    juicyred, jtyerse, and rhidiandthomas added this photo to their favorites.

  2. This photo was invited and added to the Veterans of the American Civil War group.

  3. wspe61 (24 months ago | reply)

    That's a woman! I swear.

  4. Fred Hall (24 months ago | reply)

    That was my first impression too.
    Its difficult to prove either way, but statiscally this is probably a young man who hasn't developed any real masculine facial features due to his young age. Its not impossible it could be a female though.

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    Dakeca added this photo to their favorites. (22 months ago)

  6. samsgram2000 (18 months ago | reply)

    I agree, know from reading that many women enlisted in the service to fight, and/or be with their husband or sweetheart.

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    fissionerror, unconventionalkatie, MonadnockMedia, and kerryel added this photo to their favorites.

  8. apey61092003 (9 months ago | reply)

    Woman!They did falsify there identifications and served.Why?Same as now.Probably to earn and send money home!

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    Jaime Lee added this photo to their favorites. (8 months ago)

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