Civil War Couples

[Pvt.Shattuck]

He came home, but he never forgot

 

[Mike Serpa]

LOC photos - Mr. & Mrs. A. J. Blue

• Title: A. J. Blue, Urbana, RFD #4, Ohio
• Date Created/Published: [between 1861 and 1865]
• Medium: 1 photographic print : albumen ; 22.3 x 14.5 cm.
• Summary: Photograph shows reproduction of tintype portrait of identified cavalry soldier in Union shell jacket and bummer cap with three Remington revolvers in his belt, holding a sword.

• Title: Mrs. A. J. Blue, Urbana, RFD #4, Ohio
• Date Created/Published: [between 1861 and 1865]
• Medium: 1 photographic print : albumen ; 22.3 x 14.5 cm.
• Summary: Photograph shows reproduction of tintype or ambrotype portrait of identified woman, Mrs. A. J. Blue, in striped dress and dark gloves.

 

[Bob Owen]

Is that Kevin Bacon!?

 

[yankee hoorah]

Exelent photos

 

[JPK Huson 1863]

He came home, but he never forgot

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Would have liked to have met them. She looks like she would have enjoyed a good laugh, or at least had one of those senses of humor, you could look at her and she'd KNOW. That little smile is a dead give away, isn't it? Bet the 2 of them did not have a boring 5 minutes together since the day he managed to make it home. Could be that's part of the smile.

LOC photos - Mr. & Mrs. A. J. Blue
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• Title: A. J. Blue, Urbana, RFD #4, Ohio
• Date Created/Published: [between 1861 and 1865]
• Medium: 1 photographic print : albumen ; 22.3 x 14.5 cm.
• Summary: Photograph shows reproduction of tintype portrait of identified cavalry soldier in Union shell jacket and bummer cap with three Remington revolvers in his belt, holding a sword.

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• Title: Mrs. A. J. Blue, Urbana, RFD #4, Ohio
• Date Created/Published: [between 1861 and 1865]
• Medium: 1 photographic print : albumen ; 22.3 x 14.5 cm.
• Summary: Photograph shows reproduction of tintype or ambrotype portrait of identified woman, Mrs. A. J. Blue, in striped dress and dark gloves.

Ha! Boy did she feel safe! Little teeny, tiny thing like that married to a beefy fellow who apparently had no hesitation about advertising how he felt about his gun! Something about both you just like, too. It's why these pics are always wonderful, sometimes - frequently- it feels as if their personalities, hence lives together may have seeped out into the developing pan.

Plus who wouldn't want to be ' Mrs. A.J. Blue ?' If you have to trade in your maiden name ( and it seems it was almost unheard of 150 years ago not to, have yet to SEE the co-joined although do not go by me, may have existed ), it's a GREAT name!

 

[Northern Light]

Sometimes it's just a huge mistake to log in here, talk about interesting- end up poking around in side alleys decades removed from the topic! Thank you for that, though- found it, LoC! Whoa, right? I'm guessing some folks felt a little nauseous when that came to light. I LOVE Dolley- one of the first bios of anyone at all I ever read ( 4th grade ) was Dolley Madison. In the back of our classroom existed a bookshelf with a bio series for young people, which I've never been able to find- and I've LOOKED. A lot. It was old then- 1969-ish- included bios on most of the great Native American chiefs ( the REAL stories, very weird ) , diverse subjects like Jane Addams and Hull House, Dolley, a LOT of super, super American stories. Read them all while class was going on, somehow did not flunk everything that year. One day I'm going to find those darn books, talk a publisher into re-issuing them! OH- Johnny Clem!

We might have more beautiful iconic American females in History- for History's Best, most charming, unforgettable face- I'm sorry, has to be Dolley Madison.
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Dolley and her niece, Anne Payne

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And at least a LITTLE back on thread- Dolley as part of a couple, with James.

Oh, doesn't she look like a lot of fun?

 

[JPK Huson 1863]

Bumping this, too, have some to add plus members added theirs last year. One year later maybe a good time to look a it again- See page 1!

 

[JPK Huson 1863]

This isn't of soldiers, just love it, from Pinterest.

 

[reading48]

Tks to all for taking the time to find and Post these Photos

 

[JPK Huson 1863]

 

[MRB1863]

Thanks for posting these interesting images! Is it just me...or do many of these couples look like their partner? I wonder how many of the soldiers pictured with their wives were fortunate to return home after the war.

 

[samuel orris]

I always look forward to seeing your photo posts. Thanks for sharing.

 

[rhettbutler1865]

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Nice photos- Thanks. I remember dressing up in Civil War costume (of course in a Confederate uniform for me) with my girlfriend at the time. We had the somber, non-smiling faces, also. But we didn't have to try---we'd just had an argument...

 

[JPK Huson 1863]

Nice photos- Thanks. I remember dressing up in Civil War costume (of course in a Confederate uniform for me) with my girlfriend at the time. We had the somber, non-smiling faces, also. But we didn't have to try---we'd just had an argument...

Oh no! What an unfortunate remembrance for a great photo! The couples where the man is in uniform are always the most poignant aren't they? 150 years later, still worries me whether or not he came home- for my peace of mind, always have to unrealistically pretend they ALL did.

 

[FarawayFriend]

As this thread was mentioned in another Civil War couples thread, I thought I could bump it up.

And while again looking at the photos, I came to think about the poses. If there is only one chair for the couple, it is sometimes the woman, sometimes the man who is standing. Judging from chivalry, I would have thought that the gentleman would offer the chair for the lady, but apparently it works also the other way round.
Why would the lady stand? To show respect for her husband and provider? Or is it an indication for a wounding of the soldier husband? Or just random?

 

[distantinlaw]

my grandmother died in a car wreck in 1929 , no photos of her anywhere ,I always wondered what she looked like , then one day a photo was discovered , I had been staring at my grandmothers' face all my life , my sister could have been her twin !!!

 

[Private Watkins]

Unknown couple...image is said to have come out of North Carolina.

 

[Private Watkins]

Here's a "couple" of a different sort...

 

[Northern Light]

As this thread was mentioned in another Civil War couples thread, I thought I could bump it up.

And while again looking at the photos, I came to think about the poses. If there is only one chair for the couple, it is sometimes the woman, sometimes the man who is standing. Judging from chivalry, I would have thought that the gentleman would offer the chair for the lady, but apparently it works also the other way round.
Why would the lady stand? To show respect for her husband and provider? Or is it an indication for a wounding of the soldier husband? Or just random?

It might be like McClellan, who was shorter than his wife so she stood and he sat. Or that the man was so tall that the photographer made made the man sit to get better proportion to the composition. It might also be an indication of the male's hierarchy in society, with the wife standing meekly behind him. Or her corsets were so tight she couldn't sit comfortably.

 

[FarawayFriend]

Here's a "couple" of a different sort...
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Aw, this one goes straight to the heart, doesn't it? The young father looks exactly like one of my student friends from too many years ago. I hope he came back to see his little girl grow up!