Anyone Recognize This Guy With Impeccable Uniform

[Old Soldier]

All those photos are 'proper' carte de vsite, not tinplate/ambrotype, so we don't have to flip them. It also means they didn't have to be 'retouched' to hide the mirror-image beltbuckles, buttons and cap numbers.

 

[Mike Serpa]

#1 Belle Boyd was a famous Confederate spy
#3 Annie Oakley, female sharpshooter
If that is Annie, that's a very early photo of her!

I thought of Annie, also. Every photo I've seen of her her eyebrows are not as thick as the woman in the photo. Did women pluck their eyebrows at that time? Are there any photos of Oakley wearing jeans?

Heritage Auctions photos.

 

[Reconstructed Rebel]

Great question on the eyebrows, @Mike Serpa . A very quick google search claims Victorian women did pluck their eyebrows. Annie started out as a teenager escaping poverty and used her shooting skills to do that. Once she became famous, it wouldn't be shocking that she was cleaned up, so to speak, for her publicity shoots. Even Lincoln let himself be spiffed up by Mary Todd as I understand it. Some things never seem to change.

Understanding this is all speculation on my part of course, how awesome would it be if that 3rd picture was Annie at the very beginning of her famous career? That would be worth something!

Edited to add: I think Annie dressed in pants (jeans) when hunting to help feed her family and that also raised some eyebrows (pun intended )

 

[JeffHendricks]

Thanks again to all that helped out on the photos. I have many that I will post periodically for you to look at and enjoy!!
As far as Annie goes, she had a more rounded face, this girl has a taller, skinnier face, so I don't think it is her. But when were about to go to war. Here is what is written about her, so she could be one of the 50.

Three weeks before the declaration of war, Annie Oakley wrote to President McKinley, showing her strong conviction to serve her country to the best of her abilities. Dated April 5, 1898, Oakley volunteered to organize a regiment of 50 American female sharpshooters, who would supply their own ammunition and arms, should the nation go to war.

 

[JeffHendricks]

I got this one a few months ago.

James T. Grisham Company E 8th Cavalry Regiment Iowa Civil War

Aged 29 years 2 months 18 days
Name: James Grisham
Residence: Mount Pleasant, Iowa
Enlistment Date: 27 Jul 1863
Side Served: Union
State Served: Iowa
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 27 July 1863 at the age of 25.
Enlisted in Company E, 8th Cavalry Regiment Iowa on 27 Jul 1863. Wounded severely April —, 1864, Cleveland, Tenn. Died of wounds Jan. 11, 1865, Keokuk, Iowa.

 

[JeffHendricks]

Thanks to all that replied and thanks to Robert who definitely cleared up the rank of the soldier in the coat. Here is a little treat for you guys. I got this one recently. I know who it is, but thought I would put it up here for you guys to take a look at. She was a definite character if any of you have read about her. I have not found any photos of her in this dress, but have seen many in pants. Actually, I am going to put 3 up here. They are all from the same album. Enjoy?View attachment 489765View attachment 489766View attachment 489767

I figured this guy (not a girl) out who he is. Texas Jack Jr.

 

[Old Soldier]

While I am at it. I think I may have a Captain Franklin Gardner in Union uniform, before he became a General for the Confederacy. I am probably wrong. It is a Brady photo and I think Brady did not start photography of soldiers until the war had started and if that is the case, I am definitely wrong. This album also has a photo of soldiers boxing with teepees in the background. What I think that is telling me is that it was taken during his time in Utah dealing with the Indians there before the Civil War in the Utah War. There is an inscription under the photo in the album that says "Capt. Gardner, James Long's Captain In Army". But, there is a 99.99% chance I am totally wrong. I am sure there is someone who can set me straight!!! BTW, no back mark on the boxers.View attachment 489614View attachment 489615View attachment 489616

This is a photo of a British or Canadian cavalry regiment, post 1858. There is not much detail to be seen and this image looks very grainy. The trousers are 'overalls' with leather reinforcement on the lower leg and have a double stripe, which looks very 'red' but could also be yellow for some emulsions. (Overalls were replaced by knee boots and breeches in the 1870s) The NCO at the back appears to be wearing a Hussar jacket with a sash (duty Sgt?) and a pill-box cap The soldier below is holding a cavalry sword. It is a typical informal 'off-duty' photo of the time and not an 'official' photo.
The tents are very British with a 'wall' beneath the bell and ties, unlike the US Sibley tent.