Posted 3 years ago
Bantam60
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I picked up a Civil War era photo album with some tintypes and CDVs - unfortunately none are named and there is no hint of location. There is this tintype of a soldier, who is maybe wearing a secession cockade on his hat? Whatever is pinned to his hat is really no more clear in person than it is in my scan. Is there any tell-tale signs of if he fought for the Union or Confederacy?
I can't blow up the pic enough to tell. Uniforms between regiments varied so much, it is hard to tell. Buttons and high straight indicate maybe Confederate.
Thank you. I don't know what it is, but the haircut looked very"Southern" to me.
I meant to say high straight collar. The south used the old style straight collar more often, but in the early days of the war, diff. units used diff. styles, before the union standardized (more or less) their design. As things evolved and both sides realized that the other side shot back, they realized there had to be a way to recognize the enemy, besides flags.
Poor photo quality— don’t see anything that suggests Confederate affiliation.
The blob on the hat doesn’t resemble a patriotic or secesh cockade.
Is the “Southern haircut” meant to be a joke?
scott