- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Created by
- Littlefield, Parsons & Co., American, 1858 - 1866
- Date
- 1861-1865
- Medium
- collodion and silver on glass photographic plates
- Dimensions
- Closed: 3 × 2 5/8 × 7/8 in. (7.6 × 6.7 × 2.2 cm)
- Open: 3 × 5 1/8 × 9/16 in. (7.6 × 13 × 1.4 cm)
- 3 x 5 in. (7.6 x 12.7 cm)
- Description
- 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.
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- ambrotypes
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2008.9.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




