I bought an old photo album yesterday that contained several tintypes as well as many cabinet cards, etc. There was one photo of a uniformed soldier holding a sword, but I don't have the expertise to determine whether this is a Civil War period photo or not. Can anyone please help? Thanks so much!!!
Civil War or later?
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My WAG is yes. Looks Civil War to me but I'm no expert.
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I found several examples of CW uniform coats on Google that had one row of buttons.
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I did a little poking around and found the photographer died in 1877. That fact is inconclusive regarding your tintype being CW, but I did discover the photographer's son was in the Union Army. It stands to reason that he would have photographed his son in uniform. Horace B. Wilkinson was mustered in to Company B of the 17th Illinois Volunteer Infantry in 1863. Later he transferred to Company I of the 8th.
Is this the same guy?
I want to say 'yes' but it's hard to know for sure. Anyone have access to facial recognition software?
Is this the same guy?
I want to say 'yes' but it's hard to know for sure. Anyone have access to facial recognition software?
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look at the sword's handle and belt buckle design to assist in dating
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It's looks to be a Civil War Union soldier/uniform. Y'all really know I wanted to say 'damn Yankee,' but I didn't . . .LOL Down South we were too poor to have uniforms . . .although some of our boys in gray had them. . .the rest looked like farmers.
All kidding aside, that's a nice tintype.
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All kidding aside, that's a nice tintype.
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Thank you so much for your reply! I apologize for not being too clear at the beginning--there were several tintypes in the collection, but this one is a cabinet (?) card and not metal. Sorry for not being clear on this!It's looks to be a Civil War Union soldier/uniform. Y'all really know I wanted to say 'damn Yankee,' but I didn't . . .LOL Down South we were too poor to have uniforms . . .although some of our boys in gray had them. . .the rest looked like farmers.
All kidding aside, that's a nice tintype.
Breezie
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