06 november 2015

Confederate Soldier Ambrotypes

Private Japhet Collins of the Confederate States Army, ca. 1861. Photo Credit: Southern Methodist University
Unidentified cavalry soldier in Confederate uniform with slant breech sharps carbine, two knives, and two revolvers between 1861 and 1865. Photo Credit: Library of Congress
Photograph shows a soldier in 1861 in a Confederate uniform of Company E, “Lynchburg Rifles,” 11th Virginia Infantry Volunteers holding 1841 “Mississippi” rifle, Sheffield-type Bowie knife, canteen, box knapsack, blanket roll, and cartridge box. Photo Credit: Charles R. Rees/Library of Congress
Confederate Soldier Ambrotypes (History by Zim)
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