Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Ambrotype |
Title |
Unidentified Soldier (possibly William Sanger) |
Catalog Number |
0985.13.02063 |
Description |
Half-plate ambrotype with applied color; man seated in pre-war state militia uniform, turned slightly to viewer's right; head facing camera, wearing slouch hat with plume, hat insignia tinted gold, possible hat band tinted gold, hair cropped at ears, clean shaven, cheeks and lips tinted pink; wearing single-breasted uniform frock coat, with three rows of buttons, epaulettes, sash, belt with belt plate, sword; left arm bent at elbow and hand resting on top of left thigh, right arm bent at elbow and right hand resting on top of right thigh, legs crossed left over right; buttons, brading, epaulettes, sleeve buttons, beltplate, sword hilt, all tinted gold; double-ellepitcal gilt mat, sandy finished; , preserver has simple scroll pattern; case is leather-covered wood embossed center medallion around foliate scroll pattern, on exterior of both obverse and reverse case; interior of obverse [cover] is lined with red velvet, embossed with paisley-like scroll motif; brass hooks and eyes in tact; obverse and reverse case sections have been re-connected using dark tape; Card with photograph reads: "Daguerreotype [sic] of a young Lt. C.S.A. found around Richmond, Va. on one of the battlefields by Mr. Barker. Presented by his son Charles R. Barker, Lansdowne, Pa." |
Medium |
Brass/Glass/Leather/Metal/Paint/Photographic Emulsion/Velvet/Wood |
Studio |
Unknown |
Photographer |
Unknown |
Event |
Seven Days Battles (Peninsula Campaign) (tentative) |
Owner Regiment |
Regiment unknown 1st New York Mounted Rifles (tentative) |
Provenance |
Found on a battlefield near Richmond, Virginia, this is a photograph of an unidentified young militia lieutenant (believed Federal). Found by Charles A. Barker of the 23rd Massachusetts Infantry. The lieutenant may have served in the 1st New York Mounted Rifles (based upon his hat badge, unique to the mounted rifles, and similar uniform to men from that regiment), and may be William Sanger, who served with the 1st New York Mounted Rifles until 1863, when he transferred to the 2nd New York Cavalry. |
People |
Unidentified Soldier Barker, Charles A. Sanger, William (tentative) unidentified Union soldier |
Search Terms |
Richmond, Virginia found on battlefield items taken by Union soldiers Seven Days Battles (tentative) Peninsula Campaign (tentative) |
Subjects |
Ambrotypes Cased photographs Military officers Military uniforms Militias Photographic studios Photographs Photography Soldiers Swords War |