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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 POW at Williamsburg Rd., Oct 27, 1864. Kickapoo was in Northeastern Anderson County, about 12 - 15 miles from Athens. T was one tintype in the album that has a home-made mat, made out of a note asking a young lady to accompany a gentleman to church at Rock Hill on Sept. 6, 1871. At that time t was a Rock Hill in both Van Zandt County and in Henderson County, north of Athens. The Cotney family was also married into the Knight family, who came to Wood County and Smith County in 1855. T were four Knights in the Texas Guards, all also joined at Kickapoo on March 20, 1862. They were Andrew Knight, 18, who was sick most of the war, John A. Knight, 26, who made it through the war, Jos. A. Knight, age 19, who received the Texas Gold Medal for bravery, and survived the war, and Wm. H. Knight, 24, discharged Nov. 26, 1862 for disability. The only photographer named on any image in the album was on two of the CDV's, which was from Bradley & Son, Athens, Texas, which also noted that they copied pictures. I have been informed by another collector that, judging from the mat this tintype is in and the appearance the image, it may be an early 1870's copy of 1860's original. I am not knowledgeable enought in such matters to say one way or the other, but I'll pass it along. I have removed the tintype from the mat for scanning so you can judge the entire image for yourself. Postage and packaging will be $2.00 in the U.S., more outside the U.S., depending on destination. I prefer payment by Paypal, but also accept checks or money orders from U.S. buyers. Buyers outside the U.S. MUST I will notify the winning bidder 
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