[Union Officer Standing at Attention]

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1861–65 · Ambrotype with applied color · Photographs

This formal portrait of a Union officer standing at attention in a handsomely appointed studio is typical of the thousands of similar likenesses of new recruits leaving home, perhaps for the first time in their lives. Dressed in a fitted single-breasted blue frock coat and light blue trousers, the soldier seems well prepared to meet whatever challenge is asked of him.

Artist: Unknown
Date: 1861–65
Medium: Ambrotype with applied color
Department: Photographs
Credit line: Anonymous Gift, 2012

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