Lt. Col. A. E. Asbury

[Mike Serpa]

This uniform looks like it's on display. Anybody know where this photo was taken?

Well known Confederate veterans and their war records
by Mickle, William English, 1846-1920; United Confederate Veterans
Published 1907
https://archive.org/stream/wellknownconfede00mick#page/8/mode/2up

 

[AUG]

Can't say where that photo was taken, but I think this is your guy:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/civilwar_veterans_tombstones/4037937145/

See the description at the above link for more info on Asbury.

Paging @Patrick H and @Borderruffian

 

[Mike Serpa]

Can't say where that photo was taken, but I think this is your guy:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/civilwar_veterans_tombstones/4037937145/

See the description at the above link for more info on Asbury.

Paging @Patrick H and @Borderruffian

That must be him.

 

[Patrick H]

I can only speculate about this. The inscription on the photo says "Higginsville, MO" and "1909. I don't know if Lt. Col. Asbury was from the Higginsville area, or if he was a resident of the Confederate Home in Higginsville by 1909. The display of uniform and Confederate items could have been in a private home, office, or in the old soldiers' home. Any of those possibilities seems feasible, but the soldiers' home seems most likely to me. Note the other items on display on the walls, etc. There were hundreds of residents at the home over a period of years. The area of the home is now a state historic site and park--quite extensive. The cemetery there is a fascinating place to visit.

EDIT:

A little additional research indicates that he was a resident of Higginsville and other towns in Lafayette County, Missouri. The display might very well have been in his bank. He might also have loaned it to the old soldiers' home for display. There's a long article about him here. Scroll down: https://www.flickr.com/photos/civilwar_veterans_tombstones/4037937145/

 

[James N.]

This uniform looks like it's on display. Anybody know where this photo was taken?
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I can only speculate about this. The inscription on the photo says "Higginsville, MO" and "1909. I don't know if Lt. Col. Asbury was from the Higginsville area, or if he was a resident of the Confederate Home in Higginsville by 1909. The display of uniform and Confederate items could have been in a private home, office, or in the old soldiers' home. Any of those possibilities seems feasible, but the soldiers' home seems most likely to me. Note the other items on display on the walls, etc. There were hundreds of residents at the home over a period of years. The area of the home is now a state historic site and park--quite extensive. The cemetery there is a fascinating place to visit...

This will be most unhelpful, but this is exactly the type of cases that once graced the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond when it was housed in the Confederate White House. I saw it looking like this when I visited there during the Centennial in 1961 before the current museum building was built and the White House restored. From what I've read about the uniform of Pat Cleburne which was similarly displayed, when the United Daughters of the Confederacy began collecting items for the MOC they approached members in the various states asking for donations, never mind the relative importance of individual artifacts. Originally each room of the building became dedicated to a particular state with artifacts displayed from that state or its citizens. I vividly remember in the Texas Room a similar case having no fewer than four of John Bell Hood's Confederate general officer's frock coats displayed in the same fashion! So this could easily be there or likely many other locations around the turn of the century.

 

[Mike Serpa]

Thanks for your comments, guys.