Anyone Recognize this Uniform?

[HatEnjoyer]

Saw this photograph of a soldier while surfing the internet for reference pictures. He looks to be a Confederate, but I was wondering, does anyone recognize what depot this uniform could've come from?

 

[major bill]

What makes you thin he is a Confederate? An argument could be made he wears a Federal frock coat. The height of his collar, the size of his buttons, and the distance between buttons would help ID the uniform.

 

[captaindrew]

I don't think it's a Federal frock, it's hard to see but if you look closely it looks to me like the collar is trimmed in a darker color than the rest of the jacket/coat. Many of the early war state and commutation jackets/coats were trimmed this way. Just not enough visible to even take a guess. Is this something you have in your possession? If there were any notes on the back, ID, or photographers studio stamp it would help narrow it down some.

 

[HatEnjoyer]

What makes you thin he is a Confederate? An argument could be made he wears a Federal frock coat. The height of his collar, the size of his buttons, and the distance between buttons would help ID the uniform.

I thought it was a US frock coat at first, but the button spacing and dark-trimmed collar (no light blue piping) threw me off. Definitely not a Federal shell jacket or sack coat, so I assumed Confederate.

 

[HatEnjoyer]

I don't think it's a Federal frock, it's hard to see but if you look closely it looks to me like the collar is trimmed in a darker color than the rest of the jacket/coat. Many of the early war state and commutation jackets/coats were trimmed this way. Just not enough visible to even take a guess. Is this something you have in your possession? If there were any notes on the back, ID, or photographers studio stamp it would help narrow it down some.

It's unfortunately not in my possession, though I'd love to get into the ACW image collecting field one day. I saw it while browsing Pinterest for interesting Confederate uniforms. The dark collar made me think Columbus depot for a second, but the collar shape is incorrect. Early war commutation/state made could definitely be the answer.

 

[BMD77]

I believe this photo is part of the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War photographs at the Library of Congress. It is a sixth-plate ambrotype portrait, and he is identified as an "Unknown Confederate Soldier" in the collection.