QUARTER PLATE AMBROTYPE 9 NH SOLDIER

QUARTER PLATE Ambrotype union soldier

1/4 Plate Ambrotype of standing soldier wearing a greatcoat and a Federal forage cap with NHV in letters on his cap.  This stands for New Hampshire Volunteers.  He is holding a 1841 rifle with a fixed saber bayonet.  He is wearing a 1855 rifle belt which had a intregeral frog for a saber bayonet.  Only one New Hampshire regiment was issued 1841 rifles.  The 9 NH went into the army of the Potomac and participated in the 1862 campaigns.  They were tranfered West in 1863 and served in the Vicksburg campaign.  

The image is clear and compelling.  It comes in a thermoplastic case.