Help Identify -- Any ideas???

[rootedinhistory]

I bought this photo at a garage sale. I thought it was cool, and looked very old - it looks to me like Civil War soldiers. I took the back off the frame, and its the original photo. Any ideas on who these soldiers are, and period/location of the photo? Thank you!

 

[Nathanb1]

Very cool. Looks to be a postwar photo of a GAR group. No photographer's mark or anything?

 

[Dave Wilma]

Grand Army of the Republic members from the inverted star medals on their coats. From their ages I put it as post 1880 and closer to 1890. The broad-brimmed hats might not be a clue since these were more stylish than a forage cap. I don't see any corps badges.

 

[Nathanb1]

Moustaches--I'm thinking 1885 or later....and the sort of "bowler" hats.....It's a little too fuzzy for these old eyes to pick out any useful details, though.

 

[AndyHall]

Definitely GAR, and likely post-1890. He's the image with some of the distortion corrected. Note the stand of arms, left and right, the one on the right with a bugle on a bayonet:

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[TerryB]

1890 was my guess, too.

 

[Nathanb1]

rootedinhistory....if you live somewhere there might have been a large GAR group in the late 1800's, I would take it down to the local historical society or library and see if there's an existing copy. The house in the background could be a clue to a local historian, for sure.

 

[Eagle eye]

I think it's a Union inf. Regt. Reunion. Note color bearer in back row flanked by color guards holding Springfields (?) rifles. Distortion blocks most of flag but defiantly stars & stripes.