LA TETE DE NOS CAVALIERS A L'EPOQUE

Beautiful 1/6th plate tintype of an unidentified union cavalryman with his Model 1860 light cavalry saber. The photographer did an exquisite job of tinting his collar and cuffs, trousers, etc. There is a dab of tinting on his buckle which obscures his eagle sword belt plate. There is one slight bend to the plate but otherwise it is in excellent condition.

Ohio cavalryman A. J. Blue, in Union shell jacket and bummer cap with three Remington revolvers in his belt, holding a sword. I don’t know where he fought or if he encountered Stuart’s men in 1862. (Library of Congress)

Plate Ambrotype- Union Cavalryman W/Guidon Flag

Plate Tintype- Union Soldier W/ Sharps Carbine, Sword, Pistol

Union Soldier With Spencer Carbine, Sword & Pistol

soldat d'un régiment non identifié

Who were these young men? What sort of lives did they live during and (one hopes) after the Civil War? The names of many of the young men pictured here are unknown, their fates a mystery. Yet despite the century and a half gap between their careful posing for the camera, some can still be identified. Astonishingly, names can still be discovered, as well as insight in to their character and personality.