American Historical Ephemera & Photography Online

Sixth plate copy ruby ambrotype of a young private holding his edged weapon upward. (Soft focus, spots of image loss/wear to edges; unsealed.) Housed in a half pressed paper case. -- Ninth plate ambrotype of an unknown federal artilleryman wearing regulation shell jacket with brass shoulder scales and red-tinted collar trim. (Tarnishing to edges, spotting, light fading/softness of focus; unsealed.) Housed in a Union case with figural design. The soldier's forage cap bears a brass letter "A" over the chin strap slide, both highlighted in gold. -- Sixth plate ambrotype of a heavily bearded Union infantryman holding an unidentified revolver and with a small Sheffield knife tucked into his jacket. (Not many details visible due to darkness of subject, scratching and surface wear to plate; unsealed.) Housed in a pressed paper case (surface wear). -- And 2 others including a loose sixth plate tintype of a private wearing a sack coat and western slouch hat, and a sixth plate tintype of a Spanish American War-era sergeant in a sack coat and campaign hat with sword housed in a Union case with patriotic motiff. -- Together, 5 ambrotypes and tintypes of soldiers.