A militia soldier stands in a red-trimmed frock coat with matching epaulettes and a white buff belt fastened by a small Pattern 1839 US buckle. He holds a plumed bell crown shako marked with the Pattern 1834 open horn infantry insignia. This portrait likely dates to the early 1850s.
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