Tintype Tuesday #4

[Manassas 1861]

Today's photo is of a Confederate soldier wearing a gray frock coat, with a Georgia state belt buckle, and an eagle breast plate. He holds an old flintlock musket, with bayonet. If anybody has a photo suggestion for next week, feel free to message me. LOC.

 

[Sowbelly and Hardtack]

Technically speaking this is a ambrotype and not a tintype. I think it would be helpful to forum members who are new to the Civil War if you posted the link's to the images you are posting.

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform and Georgia state seal belt buckle with musket]

1 photograph : sixth-plate ambrotype ; 9.2 x 8.1 cm (case)

www.loc.gov

 

[Manassas 1861]

Technically speaking this is a ambrotype and not a tintype. I think it would be helpful to forum members who are new to the Civil War if you posted the link's to the images you are posting.

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform and Georgia state seal belt buckle with musket]

1 photograph : sixth-plate ambrotype ; 9.2 x 8.1 cm (case)

www.loc.gov

I know it's an ambrotype, I just wanted a a good title.

 

[Pollaco]

Does it state on the back that the rifle is still a flintlock? I realize it was but alot of older rifles were converted to percussion.While it looks the part of a flintlock one cannot see the lock.So who knows, maybe the possibility is there.

 

[Manassas 1861]

Does it state on the back that the rifle is still a flintlock? I realize it was but alot of older rifles were converted to percussion.While it looks the part of a flintlock one cannot see the lock.So who knows, maybe the possibility is there.

It didn't say it was a flintlock, but thats my guess considering the band around the muzzle, and the old style bayonet.

 

[Pollaco]

I don't know that much about Civil War Era rifles. When a flintlock was converted was it only in the lock area that was changed or were bands on the barrel replaced or moved too?

 

[Manassas 1861]

I don't know that much about Civil War Era rifles. When a flintlock was converted was it only in the lock area that was changed or were bands on the barrel replaced or moved too?

I think it was only the lock that was replaced.

 

[Pollaco]

There are several members on this forum who would be "right at home" on this topic. I'm kind of hoping one or two of them would chime in.

 

[Pollaco]

There are several members on this forum who would be "right at home" on this topic. I'm kind of hoping one or two of them would chime in.

 

[captaindrew]

The barrel bands didn't change much from the M1816, M1841, or the M1842. It's very hard to tell without seeing the lock. He does appear to have a M1816 bayonet though (no locking ring) If it is indeed the match to the musket he is holding I'd say it's a M1816 conversion which were very common early on.

 

[Manassas 1861]

@Bentonville gave me the idea of showing some navy uniforms. So in the future I'll try and show some US/CS Navy and privateer photos. It might not be next week, but sometime soon.

 

[Old Soldier]

As I usually do, I have flipped he photo (a mirror image) and cleaned it up a little. For once, he did not shift his kit, just his gun.

 

[Conquerordie]

One would assume it was converted, why else carry a cap pouch?

 

[Manassas 1861]

One would assume it was converted, why else carry a cap pouch?

You just blew my mind, I didn't think about that.

 

[Pollaco]

And there it was , in plain sight.

 

[R. Porter]

I thought the LOC offered a version of their images without the frame covering it too. That might provide just enough additional information to know for sure. You never know when a gun might be a prop and not the soldier's issued firearm.

 

[Old Soldier]

These images were a direct exposure onto coated metal or card, hence the 'mirror image' It is also the reason why buttons and belt buckles were often tinted or drawn over - to hide the mirrored lettering.

 

[Manassas 1861]

These images were a direct exposure onto coated metal or card, hence the 'mirror image' It is also the reason why buttons and belt buckles were often tinted or drawn over - to hide the mirrored lettering.

Thanks for the reply, I didn't know they drew over belt buckles. Thanks

 

[Bentonville]

You just blew my mind, I didn't think about that.

One would assume it was converted, why else carry a cap pouch?

Rations?

 

[captaindrew]

Rations?

You're not going to carry much for rations in a cap box. If the musket is indeed his from the evidence I'd bet it's a M1816 converted to percussion.