[James McGrail in Union uniform with shoulder scales and eagle breast plate sitting with a musket and bayonet in scabbard] (LOC)

    [James McGrail in Union uniform with shoulder scales and eagle breast plate sitting with a musket and bayonet in scabbard]

    [between 1861 and 1865]

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

    Notes:
    Title devised by Library staff from information in collections file.
    Case: Leather quatrefoil combined with square center.
    Additional information in collections file.
    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--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.26937

    Call Number: AMB/TIN no. 2085

    Comments and faves

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

    2. antietam1862 (23 months ago | reply)

      The US Park Service Soldiers and Sailors database has these possibles:

      1 McGrail, James Union Infantry 29th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry
      2 McGrail, James Union Infantry 78th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry
      3 McGrail, James Union Infantry 109th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry
      4 McGrail, James Union Infantry 16th Regiment, US Infantry (Regular Army)
      5 McGrail, James A. Union Infantry 138th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry

      Is that a uniform more likely worn by a Regular than a volunteer?

      Brian
      Antietam on the Web (http://antietam.aotw.org)

    3. agayley (21 months ago | reply)

      The name is spelled McGreal. The soldier in the photo is: James McGreal Private Company E 8th P. V. I. (3-months unit) Enrolled April 22, 1861 at Scranton Mustered in April 23, 1861 at Harrisburg Age: 23 Occupation: Rope Maker Residence: Archibald, Luzerne County Mustered out with the Company July 29, 1861 Source: PA Archives ARIAS Card Index Alice J. Gayley Pennsylvania in the Civil War www.pa-roots.com/~pacw/

    4. This photo was invited and added to the Civil War Page group.

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