[Unidentified young soldier in Union uniform with bayoneted musket, knife, and revolver] (LOC)
[Unidentified young soldier in Union uniform with bayoneted musket, knife, and revolver]
[between 1861 and 1865]
1 photograph : sixth-plate ambrotype, hand-colored ; 9.3 x 8.1 cm (case)
Notes:
Title devised by Library staff.
Case: Leather geometric vines/leaves.
Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105).
Subjects:
United States.--Army--People--1860-1870.
Soldiers--Union--1860-1870.
Military uniforms--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.26860
Call Number: AMB/TIN no. 2009
Comments and faves
schmeernirnir (25 months ago | reply)
So young . . .
Wurz (25 months ago | reply)
Wow, could this be a woman?
tammybeck (25 months ago | reply)
it does look like a female, however the boy is so young he does not look "manly" yet
jmc33vavols (25 months ago | reply)
May be a woman, more than a few posed as men throughout the war, and even carried on as men til their deaths
Purple Palindrome (25 months ago | reply)
Looks like a woman to me!
Taifighta added this photo to their favorites. (25 months ago)
Silverbluestar (25 months ago | reply)
My very first impression was that this is a women and I can see I'm not the only one! I'd love to know the true story behind this!
Zeitgeist Mama and JoesSistah added this photo to their favorites.
Casey McKinnon (25 months ago | reply)
Absolutely looks like a woman to me. No disrespect to him/her.
Ben McLeod added this photo to his favorites. (25 months ago)
Buttons McTavish (25 months ago | reply)
I thought it looked like a woman, immediately.
Buttons McTavish added this photo to her favorites. (25 months ago)
Wurz (25 months ago | reply)
I didn't mean any disrespect to the person in the shot.
Just got a bit carried away with the thought that it might be a woman dressing as a man in order to take part.
It's a great picture.
Buttons McTavish (25 months ago | reply)
exactly.
chrisparkin51 (25 months ago | reply)
I immediately thought this person may have been a woman also. I too would love to know this person's story either way.
chrisparkin51 and artinconnu added this photo to their favorites.
Martyn William (25 months ago | reply)
Baby boy ! So young - all these images are so beautiful and very moving to look at.
This photo was invited and added to the Veterans of the American Civil War group.
Yankee_Belle (25 months ago | reply)
I immediately thought it was a female too. But in all likelihood, just a very young male soldier. These photos are just amazing!
Buttons McTavish (25 months ago | reply)
Regardless of whether this is a portrait of a young man or women, there is a good amount of interesting information on women soldiers in the civil war: americancivilwar.com/women/
meribor82 (24 months ago | reply)
I also think this looks like a young woman. Look at the hips, seemingly wider than the waist.
a blackbird, terrier2468, aliceunder, Angie C, and Dakeca added this photo to their favorites.
a_bedealia (20 months ago | reply)
ummm... maybe I'm seeing too much into this picture, but to me it this looks like a PREGNANT young woman, it looks like theres a good sized baby bump there- she's pretty far from being able to button that bottom button
ambivalent sleuth (20 months ago | reply)
Would a female have posed for a photograph? Most photographs were for family and would they have wanted them to know they had enlisted in disguise?
ErynsMom03 (20 months ago | reply)
it looks like a young woman. could she be pregnant?
gunther hang, fissionerror, hereonearth, kerryel, and Jaime Lee added this photo to their favorites.
Buttons McTavish (9 months ago | reply)
would guess that added bulk around the middle might help disguise what's on top...
merybgen and Deana Birks added this photo to their favorites.
biggrinmastiff (3 weeks ago | reply)
10 year old boy