Help with photo identification

[Lost Cause]

Requesting help with any info about the male, including possible uniform, in this ambrotype photograph. There are no visible markings. Thank you.

 

[James N.]

There's maddingly too little to go by, other than that he's obviously a soldier to anyone who knows what uniforms really looked like. I'll add that the spacing of the very large buttons indicate he's probably wearing a regulation Federal frock coat over his military-style vest, both worn "fashionably" open.

 

[James N.]

I picked this fellow - Louis LaCount - up for $2 because the seller didn't recognize that the brass buttons on the dark jacket likely indicated that he was a soldier; subsequent online inquiry revealed him to be a Wisconsin infantryman wounded in 1863 at Salem Church.

 

[lupaglupa]

He has a very distinctive face. His eyes must have been a light blue - striking in color.

 

[kenysd]

yes, those old photographs sometimes just speak to you...

 

[Lost Cause]

There's maddingly too little to go by, other than that he's obviously a soldier to anyone who knows what uniforms really looked like. I'll add that the spacing of the very large buttons indicate he's probably wearing a regulation Federal frock coat over his military-style vest, both worn "fashionably" open.

I was also thinking similar for the uniform style with a possibility of Richmond gray.

 

[sehillard]

Perhaps try this site and put your photograph there.

https://www.civilwarphotosleuth.com/

 

[James N.]

I was also thinking similar for the uniform style with a possibility of Richmond gray.

I think the large almost Federal-overcoat-sized buttons argue against him being a Confederate. What do you think @Package4 ?

 

[Package4]

I think the large almost Federal-overcoat-sized buttons argue against him being a Confederate. What do you think @Package4 ?

I agree it certainly looks like a federal frock coat with the collar turned down. The spacing looks like it would be 9 button as well.