April 5, 2024
Armed Texas Confederate Soldier - Tin type
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This is a tintype measuring about 2-1/2" x 1-7/8", of a young boy in a home made Confederate uniform. (I have a friend who swears this is a woman, and I must say it certainly LOOKS like a woman, and he/she is'padded' in the right places, but for the sake of this offering, I'll refer to the person as 'he') He is posing with a cap-and-ball revolver. The tintype is in a 4" x 2-1/2" mat with an oval window. I removed the tintype from the mat to show you the entire tintype. The picture came from a tintype album from an estate in Athens, Texas. Although this picture does not give a name or location, two of the other pictures in the album indicate that those two pictures were taken by a photographer in Athens, Texas. Although this does not prove that this tintype was also taken in Athens, it is a strong possibility. The second and last scans shows the tintype as it actually looks. The rest of the pictures have had the balance and contrast adjusted to better show detail.The only name in the whole album was on the mat of a tintype of a handsome man, and the name is 'Cotney'. Doing a little internet research, I found a Ruben Cotney that married a Sarah Jane Wright in Van Zandt County in 1863. T was also an Isaac Cotney that joined thie 1st Texas Vol. Inf. Regt. Company H, the Texas Guards, at Kickapoo, Texas on Jan 20, 1862 at age 35, taken
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