Historical Indulgences

ca. 1861, [ambrotype portrait of Confederate Private Japhet Collins, brandishing a pistol and a knife]

via Southern Methodist Central University Libraries, DeGolyer Library, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs

ca. 1861-65, [ambrotype portrait of a Confederate soldier in an infantry uniform with musket and Bowie knife]

via the Library of Congress, Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs

ca. 1849, [daguerreotype portrait of Miranda Adkins Sneed in a fine dress and lace gloves]

Miranda Adkins Sneed, wife of Sebron Graham Sneed and mother of eleven children, arrived in Austin in 1848. Sneed and her husband were prominent in local politics and were strong supporters of secession in 1861. Their home served as a recruiting station for Confederate soldiers during the Civil War and later was used as a hospital for wounded soldiers.

via Southern Methodist Central University Libraries, DeGolyer Library, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas photography collection

ca. 1861-65, [carte de visite of “The Devil” holding portraits of leading Southern figures during the American Civil War such as Jefferson Davis, Alexander H. Stephens, Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson]

via Luminious Lint, Private collection, LL/38774 

ca. 1861-65, [hand-colored ambrotype portrait of a Confederate soldier in uniform with a cavalry sword and revolver]

via the Library of Congress, Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs

ca. 1860’s, [ambrotype portrait of a black gentleman in a Confederate jacket]

“Enslaved [black] Americans were often conscripted into service to work on construction projects, and free blacks were sometimes impressed into the same service. Officer’s slaves sometimes accompanied their masters into the field — we believe this image to be representative of such an individual…”

via Cowan’s Auctions

ca. 1860’s, [ambrotype portrait of a Confederate soldier wearing a plaid shirt and a holstered pistol. He carries a large bedroll, a percussion rifle and a kepi with the letters “4 SLG” for the 4th Sumter Light Guards]

via Heritage Auctions

ca. 1861-65, [hand-tinted ambrotype portrait of a Confederate soldier in the uniform of the 11th Virginia regiment with knapsack and bedroll]

via the Library of Congress, Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs

ca. 1864-65, [carte de visite of mourners at grave of Gen. T.J. (Stonewall) Jackson. Lexington, VA]

via the Missouri History Museum

ca. 1861, “John W. Brown/ Soldier/ Civil War/ 10/61”

via Heritage Auctions

ca. 1860, [Confederate with secession cockade]

via the Southern Methodist University, Collection of Civil War and Military Cartes de Visite and Portraits

ca. 1861-65, [First Lieutenant Eli N. Baxter, Confederate States Army]

via the Southern Methodist University, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas photography collection