Ambrotype of a Civil War soldier
National Museum of African American History and Culture

Ambrotype of a Civil War soldier

Unidentified · 1861-1865

collodion and silver on glass photographic plates
National Museum of African American History and Culture
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of African American History and Culture

A black-and-white photograph of a an unidentified soldier, depicted from the waist up. He wears a button-down coat and a kepi and holds a rifle against his left shoulder. Image is in a full case lined with blue velvet and has a decorative gold metal frame.

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