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[Corporal John Wesley Edmunds of Co. B, 11th Virginia Infantry Regiment in uniform with secession badge and state seal breastplate holding musket]
[Corporal John Wesley Edmunds of Co. B, 11th Virginia Infantry Regiment in uniform with secession badge and state seal breastplate holding musket]
[Corporal John Wesley Edmunds of Co. B, 11th Virginia Infantry Regiment in uniform with secession badge and state seal breastplate holding musket]
[Private Peter S. Arthur of Company B, 11th Virginia Infantry Regiment, in uniform with secession badge and Virginia state seal breastplate]
[John W. Anthony of Company B, 11th Virginia Infantry Regiment, Southern Guards]
[Unidentified young soldier in Confederate uniform with Company C, 11th Virginia Regiment slouch hat]
[Unidentified soldier in Virginia Volunteer uniform and secession badge]
[Unidentified soldier in Virginia Volunteer uniform and secession badge]
[Lieutenant William Bowen Gallaher of Co. E, 1st Virginia Cavalry Regiment in uniform and Virginia state seal belt plate, with revolver and cavalry sword]
[Corporal John Wesley Edmunds of Co. B, 11th Virginia Infantry Regiment in uniform with secession badge and state seal breastplate holding musket]
Summary
Photograph shows identified soldier.
Case: Leather; floral design.
Notation in ink on trade card verso: "John Wesley Edmunds, son of Joseph & Charlotte, died 1863 in Civil War."
Notation in ink on manuscript recto: "Taken from family Bible of Joseph Edmunds & Charlotte Wright. Births: John Wesley, their fourth son was born in Pittsylvania Co. on the 29th day of January 1840. Deaths: John W. Edmunds died 27th day of August 1863 about 2 o'clock in the evening, age 21 years seven months."
Service records for Edmunds in collections file.
Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2014; (DLC/PP 2014:202)
Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress).
Forms part of: Ambrotype/Tintype photograph filing series (Library of Congress).
pp/liljconfed
There are not many details distinguishing the Confederates from the Union soldiers in many of portrait photographs - they really were from the same country, the same culture. One of the differences that you do find is the less uniform appearance of Confederates: they are much less standard, often wearing bits and pieces of cast-off Union Army uniforms and often, even weaponry. One thing that’s specific to the Confederates is huge Bowie knives, humorously called ‘Arkansas toothpicks,’ often made by local blacksmiths.