Important 1/4 Daguerreotype of Captain Samuel Wilkes Confederate Soldier - KIA at Manassas in Civil War + Wife & Child csa Boxed Priority Mail available

Boxed Priority Mail available

Original stereoview in very good antique condition

overall in very good antique condition

Quarter-plate in size

with some houses visible in the background

Important 1/4 Daguerreotype of Captain Samuel Wilkes Confederate Soldier - KIA at Manassas in Civil War + Wife & Child csa Boxed Priority Mail availableTwo original daguerreotypes: a quarter plate daguerreotype of Captain Samuel Marion Wilkes, shown in his South Carolina militia uniform. Wilkes fought for the south in the Civil War, and was killed in action at the First Battle of Bull Run on July 21, 1861. While researching I read that Wilkes wore this same uniform when he fought for the Confederacy in the war, and in fact, based on the style of this preserver, which dates to 1861 1866, I believe