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  5053
- LOUISIANA INFANTRYMAN ARMED, 1/4th plate tintype in a full
leather case. A nice Louisiana armed infantryman standing in a 3/4
pose grasping his musket with fixed bayonet in his left hand. He is in
full regulation uniform with cross belt and cap box on his waist belt
with a glimpse of the cartridge box on his right side. The
photographic artist, as most did, tinted the buttons and plates gold
which usually hide for posterity the buttons and plates. The waist
plate being an oval in design. However he did not completely tint the Pelican
on the kepi and the Company letter "A". The wings and the
base of the Pelican emblem can be clearly seen. The coat,
while nicely tailored, shows the appearance of a light weight fabric
that is typical of Western front Confederate uniforms. A similar
Pelican emblem can be seen in Portraits of Conflict-Louisiana
pg. 75 on the kepi of an officer in the 10th Louisiana. Image aside
from the gold tinting the image is exceptional with great facial
focus, just out of a 25 year old collection and new on the
market........................................$5,500.00
 7609 - A SUPERB
LOUISIANA IMAGE OF THE THREE FONTENOT BROTHERS, TWO KILLED IN ACTION,
AND THE OTHER WOUNDED, 1/4th plate ambrotype in full thermo
plastic case. 8th Louisiana Infantry, Soldier on the left is Hypolite
O. Fontenot, Company F, 8th LA Infantry, enlisted March 30th, 1862
Opelousas, LA, residence Ville Platte, LA POW captured Rappahannock,
VA, November 7th, 1863, exchanged March 10th, 1864, mortally wounded
July 9th, 1864 and left in the enemy's hands, died August 5th from
pneumonia (wounded at Frederick, MD). Second from the left is Dennis
Fontenot, Company F, 8th Louisiana, enlisted March 30th, 1862,
captured at Spotsylvania Court House May 15th, 1864 (wounded), sent to
Point Lookout, MD May 23rd, 1864, transferred to Elmira Prison July
6th, 1864. Soldier to far right is Horthere Fontenot, Company
F, enlisted March 30th, 1862, mortally wounded at GETTYSBURG
July 3rd, 1863 at Battle of East Cemetery Hill, July 2nd, 1863. The
8th Louisiana lost 25% of the 296 engaged at Gettysburg. An absolutely
wonderful image with all three brothers with hands on each other, all
three have bowie knives in their belts. Nice old ID tag. A flawless
image that has been in a Louisiana collection for many
years......................................$9,995.00
SOLD
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