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Day 3: The American Civil War: Gettysburg & More

Sat, Oct 11, 2025 09:00AM EDT
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Featuring rare artifacts, documents, ephemera, photography, and weaponry relating to the American Civil War. The catalog's emphasis is the Battle of Gettysburg and includes offerings from the collection of noted Gettysburg scholar, Marshall D. Krolick.
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Lot 441

[CIVIL WAR] Portrait of 5th VA Soldier

Estimate: $1,500 - $3,000
Starting Bid
$250

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Sixth plate half-length studio portrait ambrotype. N.p., 1861-1865. Full thermoplastic case. Case maker’s imprint stamped behind ambrotype. 

 

Studio shot of a Confederate soldier in uniform holding a rifle. This soldier was a member of Company H of the 5th Virginia Infantry, or the “Fighting Fifth,” according to the insignia on his kepi. The Fighting Fifth organized on 7 May 1861 and became a part of the Stonewall Brigade under Gen. Stonewall Jackson (1824-1863). The regiment saw action from the Seven Days’ Battle to Cold Harbor, fighting in the Battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. 

 

[Civil War, Union, Confederate] [Photography, Early Photography, Historic Photography, Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes, Tintypes, Cased Images, Union Cases, Albumen Photographs, CDVs, Carte de Visites, Cartes de Visite, Carte-de-visite, Cartes-de-visite, CDV, Cabinet Cards, Stereoviews, Stereocards] 

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