[Union Private with Musket and Pistol], 1861–65, Tintype, Plate: 8.9 x 6.4 cm (3 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.), Photographs, Unknown (American), Almost all portraits of Civil War soldiers, Union and Confederate, show the sitters with one or more weapons: a musket with or without a fixed bayonet, a sword, a pistol or two, a bowie knife. Evidence suggests that given a choice, most soldiers preferred presenting themselves armed with more than one weapon—an opportunity many studios were more than willing to accommodate with a ready supply of props
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Union Private, Musket, Pistol, 1861–65, Tintype, Plate, 8.9 x 6.4 cm, 3 1/2 2 1/2, Photographs, Unknown, American, Almost, portraits, Civil War soldiers, Union, Confederate, sitters, weapons, musket, fixed bayonet, sword, pistol, two, bowie knife, Evidence, given, choice, soldiers preferred, presenting, themselves, armed, weapon— opportunity, studios, willing, accommodate, ready supply, props
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