[Private David M. Thatcher of Company B, Berkeley Troop, 1st Virginia Cavalry Regiment, in uniform and Virginia sword belt plate with Adams revolver and cavalry sword] (LOC)

    [Private David M. Thatcher of Company B, Berkeley Troop, 1st Virginia Cavalry Regiment, in uniform and Virginia sword belt plate with Adams revolver and cavalry sword]

    [between 1861 and 1865]

    1 photograph : sixth-plate ambrotype, hand-colored ; 9.4 x 8.2 cm (frame)

    Notes:
     Title devised by Library staff, with information from Tom Liljenquist; soldier identification from Larry and Karen Thatcher (March 5, 2012).
    Case: Rinhart, no. 267.
    Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (D 062).
    Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress).
    Echoes of glory : Arms and equipment of the Union. Alexandria, Va.: Time-Life Books, 2000, p. 54.
    Published in: Still more Confederate faces / D. A. Serrano. Bayside, N.Y.: Metropolitan Company, 1992, p. 167.
    Published in: Even more Confederate faces / by William A. Turner. Gaithersburg, Md.: Olde Soldier Books, Inc.,1993, p. 109.
    Published in: Confederate belt buckles and plates / Steve E Mullinax. Alexandria, Va. : O'Donnell Publications, 1999[?], p. 213.

    Subjects:
     Thatcher, David M.,--1844-1863.
    Confederate States of America.--Army.--Virginia Cavalry Regiment, 1st--People--1860-1870.
    Soldiers--Confederate--1860-1870.
    Military uniforms--Confederate--1860-1870.
    Handguns--1860-1870.
    Daggers & swords--1860-1870.
    United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Confederate.

    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

    Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.32680

    Call Number: AMB/TIN no. 2803

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      vietnam tom(the purple turtle) added this photo to his favorites. (9 months ago)

    2. DarkAngelDay (9 months ago | reply)

      Nice

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    4. swanq (9 months ago | reply)

      See www.washingtonpost.com/local/man-in-civil-war -photo-long-...
      for the story of how this soldier was identified just a couple of weeks ago.

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      bolinao2011 added this photo to their favorites. (9 months ago)

    6. Gamma Man (9 months ago | reply)

      Swanq, that's the story I immediately thought of as well when I saw this photo just now. :-)

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