[Unidentified soldier in Union captain's uniform with revolver in breast pocket] (LOC)

    [Unidentified soldier in Union captain's uniform with revolver in breast pocket]

    [between 1861 and 1865]

    1 photograph : sixth-plate ambrotype, hand-colored ; 9.3 x 8 cm (case)

    Notes:
     Title devised by Library staff.
    Case: Berg, no. 2-51.
    Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105).

    Subjects:
     United States.--Army--People--1860-1870.
    Soldiers--Union--1860-1870.
    Military uniforms--Union--1860-1870.
    Handguns--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.26854

    Call Number: AMB/TIN no. 2003

    Comments and faves

    1. jmc33vavols (25 months ago | reply)

      I rather doubt that this is a Union Captain. The uniform is obviously a homemade, the side pocket and trim being the giveaway. Confederate officers routinely used Union rank insignia when their own was either unavailable or unaffordable

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

    4. waskally wabbits (25 months ago | reply)

      I dont think that "I rather doubt that this is a Union Captain. The uniform is obviously a homemade, the side pocket and trim being the giveaway. Confederate officers routinely used Union rank insignia when their own was either unavailable or unaffordable" this effects the importance of the image..

      If this is true I don't care & it makes the photo even more touching.

      Even with all the 'right info' we still see so little of their lives & time.

    5. Kristi (LOC P&P) (25 months ago | reply)

      jmc33vavols:

      Thank you for your observation. It is indeed possible this is a Confederate soldier wearing a Union captain's uniform, which is why the title makes sure to separate the soldier (i.e. 'unidentified soldier') from the uniform (i.e. 'in Union captain's uniform'). It's fair to say the uniform is that of a Union captain, but not so easily determined if the man wearing it is a captain himself!

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    7. buckeye616 (19 months ago | reply)

      It looks as if this very young man has a smooth chin and cheeks, but a shadow on his upper lip. Trying to grow a mustache?

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    9. jmc33vavols (15 months ago | reply)

      I did not say it was a Union Captain's Uniform. I made the point those were Federal Insignia which were often used by Confederate officers. The uniform is Waaaay out of regulation and apparently home made, also very out of character for a Federal officer of tht rank

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