Oct 18, 2011 - Sale 2257

Sale 2257 - Lot 31

Price Realized: $ 1,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 900 - $ 1,200
(CONFEDERATE)
Important sixth-plate ruby ambrotype of a Confederate soldier, with gilt detailing; period notations on the black back of the case read: "One of 'the rebels' who started with General Price, 2nd Lt. Company A;" in a Union case (Krainik #214). 1861

Additional Details

Depicted is a soldier who was associated with the Missouri militia, which General Sterling "Old Pap" Price commanded at Wilson's Creek, Elkhorn Tavern. By 1862 Price was a Major General in the Confederate Provisional Army.