Confederate and Union Portraits of Note
On May 19, 1863, in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley near Winchester, Union troops captured Capt. Warren Griffith Welsh, 28, of the 1st Maryland Cavalry. Letters he carried and information he shared
Category: Stragglers
Pards and the 3rd Vermont Infantry Band
The expression of these Union pards uniformed in sack coats suggest the unfocused glaze known as the “thousand-yard stare.” Their names and military service are currently lost in time. Rare
Conflicting Clues, Cobalt Blue, and a Trio of Pards
Cobalt glass creates a fittingly appropriate blue hue in this ambrotype of a Union officer. The background painting appears in other portraits credited to Stephen Evans of St. Louis.
Unidentified Civil War Soldiers from Virginia, Mississippi and New York
The Virginia seal on the belt buckle of this soldier leaves no doubt about his state affiliation. The blade of his sword appears to be a Model 1840-foot officer type.
Texas, a Modoc War Veteran and a Wartime Dag
Erskine Mason Camp is pictured here in 1861 at the start of an eventful 15-year military career. A witty conversationalist born in Sackets Harbor, N.Y., his father, Elisha, served in
Trans-Mississippi Troopers
Dressed in plumed hats and overshirts, these men may be Texas or Mississippi cavalrymen according to late collector and dealer William A. Turner. Their ages suggest a father and son
Saddler McCoon at Fort Scott
Sitting astride his mount, Saddler George Henry McCoon of the 3rd Wisconsin Cavalry is ready to ride from his home base at Fort Scott, Kan. Armed with a sword and
Zouaves, a Naval Officer, a Confederate and an Elite Knickerbocker
This soldier in the 5th New York Infantry, better known as Duryée’s Zouaves for its commander, Col. Abram Duryée, apparently liked his portrait enough to have it tinted by a
Lincoln’s Men
These portraits of infantrymen posed with Model 1861 Springfield rifled muskets evoke the celebrated Conkling Letter penned by Abraham Lincoln on Aug. 26, 1863. Written for a mass meeting of
Wounded Confederates, Union Soldiers
July 4, 1864, the 88th anniversary of American independence from Great Britain, marked the end of Confederate Brig. Gen. Alfred Jefferson Vaughan, Jr.’s combat career with the Army of Tennessee.