N.P Brown in uniform

[General Butler]

Going through the material I just got, I came upon this ambrotype of this young Confederate Lt. The note on the back of the half case says the family always said it was NP Brown...to be fair there is no period markings at all.
It is nice and clear though

 

[East Tennessee Roots]

NP Brown

Located a Needham P. Brown Company I 3rd Texas Infantry. Enlisted as a Private on 8/1/1861. All the info I have. Great photo!

 

[General Butler]

Located a Needham P. Brown Company I 3rd Texas Infantry. Enlisted as a Private on 8/1/1861. All the info I have. Great photo!

Really? I wonder when he became an officer?? Did he make it through?

 

[General Butler]

Really? I wonder when he became an officer?? Did he make it through?

Hey question...i see he has 2 rows of buttons yet he is a simple Lt...wasnt the jacket with 2 rows reserved for a higher rank?

 

[East Tennessee Roots]

Really? I wonder when he became an officer?? Did he make it through?

Not saying for sure that's him. It's the only Confederate I could locate at http://www.civilwardata.com/ with the initials "N" & "P" and with the surname "Brown". I believe he would have been elected Lieutenant by the rank & file of his company, so he could have enlisted as a private.

 

[James N.]

Hey question...i see he has 2 rows of buttons yet he is a simple Lt...wasnt the jacket with 2 rows reserved for a higher rank?

That's in the Federal Army - ALL Confederate officers were supposed to have double-breasted tunics.

 

[General Butler]

That's in the Federal Army - ALL Confederate officers were supposed to have double-breasted tunics.

Ahhhh, see that's why you are the Colonel here...thanks

 

[GMSorrel]

Early in the war, even some Confederate privates had double breasted frocks.

 

[Robert Gray]

Early in the war, even some Confederate privates had double breasted frocks.

The Confederate uniform regulations specified double breasted frocks for everyone.