The back is black with "This is for Arthur" written in light period pencil
I would think that the man was probably the bridge builder / designer
Original 6th plate daguerreotype in half of its original push-button case
Minnesota imprints (most by Whitney) and the remainder having Washington
In excellent condition
1860s CDV Photo Signed ID'd Civil War Soldier 11th New York Cavalry Scott's 900 photography The back is black withRare original CDV of Civil War soldier Richard Dale Arms, 11th regiment, New York Cavalry, Company M known as "Scott's 900". On the front bottom margin of this CDV, Arms has signed, "R. D. Arms", and on the back, "R. D. Arms "M" Co. 11th N. Y. Cav". Arms was born in Buffalo, New York in 1840, enlisted in Buffalo on August 30, 1862. On June 12, 1865, War Department records show that he was "absent on furlough" since February 11, 1864. I found a record