[CIVIL WAR]. Sixth plate ruby ambrotype of a bearded Confederate soldier, possibly from Alabama.

Seated portrait of a long-haired southern soldier wearing a coarse spun uniform coat with tinted collar trim and elongated shoulder stripes. (Chemical discoloration along edges, occasional spotting, image a bit dark overall; unsealed though remnants of likely original seal remain on back of glass plate.) Housed in a pressed paper case. The subject is likely an enlisted man whose shoulder stripes are decorative rather than indicative of his rank.

A similar-looking uniform was worn by an identified member of the Mobile Rifle Guard, a company assigned to the 1st Regiment Alabama Militia, (Field, American Civil War Confederate Army, p. 36). According to Crute, this regiment became the 1st Mobile Volunteers, Local Defense Troops, in December 1861 with the entirety of its wartime service spent in garrison at Fort Gaines and Morgan, likely working the large guns as artillerymen.

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[CIVIL WAR]. Sixth plate ruby ambrotype of a bearded Confederate soldier, possibly from Alabama.

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