[James S. Dodd, Pvt., Co. C, 4th South Carolina Cavalry, half-length portrait, seated holding saber, facing front]
Summary
Written on negative sleeve: Enlisted Jan. 19, 1861 at Camp Hampton, S.C. under(?) Capt. J.W.L. Cory on last roll call, Oct. 31, 1864 as teamster. Note: This company was first "B" Company, 10th Battalion S.C. Cavalry.
Copy photo made by LC in 1963 from ambrotype belonging to Mr. Dick Dodd, P.O. Box 696, Portsmouth, Va.
Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
There are not many details distinguishing the Confederates from the Union soldiers in many of portrait photographs - they really were from the same country, the same culture. One of the differences that you do find is the less uniform appearance of Confederates: they are much less standard, often wearing bits and pieces of cast-off Union Army uniforms and often, even weaponry. One thing that’s specific to the Confederates is huge Bowie knives, humorously called ‘Arkansas toothpicks,’ often made by local blacksmiths.
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