9 ninth plate ambrotype and tintype portraits housed in a 9 1/4 x 11 in. wooden wall frame (few with areas of loss to varnish on reverse side of plate, some with occasional spotting or small surface abrasions, unexamined outside the frame). 

Top row features (from left to right): Portrait of a mustached man holding a shoe in one hand and tool in the other, almost certainly a cobbler; seated portrait of a young man in uniform; standing portrait of an armed Union soldier wearing a great coat. 

Second row features (from left to right): Seated portrait of a soldier; seated portrait of a bearded fellow wearing a fur cap, resting a shovel on his shoulder; seated portrait of a bearded fellow wearing a kepi. 

Third row features (from left to right): Seated portrait of a confidently posed young man wearing a red-tinted jacket, possibly a firefighter; portrait of a young infantryman seated before an American flag, displaying his cap with insignia "N.H.V." and "B," indicating that the subject served with Co. B of one of the New Hampshire Infantry Regiments; seated portrait of a young, nervous looking soldier in uniform.