Original U.S. Civil War Sixth Plate Tintype of Union Soldier With Sharps Rifle in Gutta-Percha Frame - Berdan Sharpshooter Antique Gun Parts It features the typical green

It features the typical green wool gabardine construction with a mid-brown badge cloth center band and a traditional high forward crown

The bottom fitting has the end "ball" smashed flat

back and bottom have 1/16” deep slots routed into them at the precise locations of the four vertical ribs

as the pressed paper does not age nearly as well as leather

Original U.S. Civil War Sixth Plate Tintype of Union Soldier With Sharps Rifle in Gutta-Percha Frame - Berdan Sharpshooter Antique Gun Parts It features the typical greenOriginal Item: Only One Available. Everything about this image, including its presentation, makes it a splendid memento of the Civil War. This Civil War cased "Sixth Plate" (2. 75 x 3. 25 inch) tintype portrait shows an unidentified solider. He wears a bummer hat or kepi and a standard nine button frock coat of northern Federal or Union issue. He is equipped with a Sharps Rifle and Saber bayonet. We believe this soldier to be a member of one of the