[Union Cavalry Soldier with Pistol in Holster]

Tappin's Photograph Art Gallery American

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 693

The belief in the power of the photographic image during the war years—in both field views and portraits—is astonishing. This act of democratic self-representation is where the pathos and poignancy of Civil War photography come through most clearly: in the seemingly straightforward, transparent, and affecting stare of Johnny Reb and Billy Yank—here, in the guise of an unknown cavalryman from Indiana.

[Union Cavalry Soldier with Pistol in Holster], Tappin's Photograph Art Gallery (American, active 1860s), Albumen silver print from glass negative

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