Similar
Related
Lynchburg Rifles, J. Ray, Co. E, Virginia Regt., Lynchburg, Virginia, 11th Infantry
Summary
Photograph shows partially identified Confederate soldier with musket.
(handwritten note inside case).
Case: Rinhart, no. 85.
Includes two locks of hair in case.
Possibly James H. Ray of Company K, 11th Virginia Infantry Regiment. (Source: American Civil War Database)
Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127).
Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress).
Forms part of: Ambrotype/Tintype photograph filing series (Library of Congress).
Published in: Turner, William A. Even more Confederate faces. Gaithersburg, Md.: Olde Soldier Books, Inc.,1993, p. 159.
NewsetLilj03
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.
Tags
Date
Location
Source
Copyright info
