Original Item: Only One Available. Everything about this image, including its presentation, makes it a splendid memento of the Civil War. This Civil War cased "Ninth Plate" (2 x 2.5 inch) tintype portrait shows a soldier, 1st Class Musician Austin B. Lawrence, of the Field & Staff, 13th Massachusetts Infantry, wearing a mounted greatcoat, and a kepi bearing the number 13. The photo is period colorized, a true work of art.

The image is behind glass held in an ornate brass mat loaded with intricate patriotic designs edging the tintype, including American flags, cannons, and the phrase THE UNION NOW AND FOREVER. A leatherette case molded front and back with an ornate pattern. Interior of the case is lined in velvet type material. The locking mechanism is still present on both parts of the case, but due to some damage to the gutta-percha, it no longer locks.

The back of the photo itself has a note reading:

My grandfather
Austin B. Lawrence
When he was in the
Civil War. 1866

The maker’s mark under the photo reads:

Holmes, Booth & Haydens’
DAGUERREOTYPE,
PHOTOGRAPHIC
AND
Ambrotype Goods,
Of every description.

A very lovely named and identified tintype, ready for further research and display!

The 13th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was formed on July 16, 1861, at Fort Independence in Boston, Massachusetts. Its original commander was Colonel Samuel H. Leonard. The regiment lost during service four officers and 117 enlisted men who were killed or mortally wounded as well as 40 enlisted men by disease. The total of those who died in service was 161. They participated in the following battles:

Battle of Bolivar Heights
Battle of Cedar Mountain
Battle of Thoroughfare Gap
Second Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Chantilly
Battle of South Mountain
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Chancellorsville
Battle of Gettysburg
Second Battle of Rappahannock Station
Battle of Morton's Ford
Battle of the Wilderness
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
Battle of North Anna
Battle of Totopotomoy Creek
Battle of Cold Harbor
Siege of Petersburg