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Hi Group!
I am a new to this forum, and I wanted to make this post to get your opinion, since I would consider you folks the most knowledgeable regarding people of the civil war. I recently bought a 1/9th plate daguerreotype. There are no markings on it, so I do not know who the photographer was, nor where it came from originally. The dag was likely made during the mid-1850s. The subject, or person photographed however, looks remarkably like Nathan Bedford Forrest. This dag would have been made when he was a successful business man in Memphis. At this time, he would have been in his mid-30's, and would look a little younger and less "saddle-worn" than in the war photographs we are used to seeing of him. The hair, cheekbones, eyes, and general appearance looks like him. So here is the question...Do you think the person in this daguerreotype is Nathan Bedford Forrest?
Thanks!
Chuck _1865