1870s soldier CDV

[WalkaHeap1989]

After posting the two Civil War CDVs I have in that section, I thought I would go ahead and post this as well. No backmark, so hard to say where this was taken, but I truly believe this to be a U.S. regular, as opposed to a state/national guardsmen. The fact that he's wearing the 1872 dress coat and cap (with what appears to be crossed rifles, so possibly after 1874), and an 1872 belt (which oddly is below the belt "loops" on the coat) are the clues that are leading me to this opinion. In any case, I'm thrilled to have this one in my collection. If anyone else has any CDVs or cabinet cards of indian wars era troops, feel free to post them, as I would love to see more!

[45govt]

Hello

I have posted a few of my photos before so I will just link to the pbase pages and you can view them there. There are quite a few so it will take you some time

There are always new ones coming so I keep updating.

https://pbase.com/45govt/frontier_military_soldiers

https://pbase.com/45govt/engineer_sgt_theodore_roystone

https://pbase.com/45govt/henry_lewis_ripley_3rd_cav

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[WalkaHeap1989]

23 minutes ago, 45govt said:

Hello

I have posted a few of my photos before so I will just link to the pbase pages and you can view them there. There are quite a few so it will take you some time

There are always new ones coming so I keep updating.

https://pbase.com/45govt/frontier_military_soldiers

https://pbase.com/45govt/engineer_sgt_theodore_roystone

https://pbase.com/45govt/henry_lewis_ripley_3rd_cav

 

Very nice!

[CAC1901]

I agree - regular army. He has all the right attributes. Regulation to a T.

[WalkaHeap1989]

I’ve recently picked up another image of an Indian wars infantryman. This one is a tin type, but again I believe this soldier to be a true regular, not a state troop, circa 1875-1880. If you look under his right arm, you can just make out the standing loop of what I believe to be an 1872 model belt hiding under his crossed arms, though his dress cap has the 1874 crossed rifles. I believe this soldier is I company of the 4th infantry. A bit hard to make out, but it does appear to be a single digit numeric designation above the rifles.