The alignment of the "eye" of the man, a focal "eye", with art, photography, and sharp shooting. Makes sense. Get that extended cold weather into the lungs, and it takes it's toll. Also makes sense. Thanks Ron. Some characters are more interesting than others, but tragedy is always tragedy.
William Henry Seward was appointed Secretary of State by Abraham Lincoln on March 5, 1861, and served until March 4, 1869. Seward carefully managed international affairs during the Civil War and also negotiated the 1867 purchase of Alaska.I wonder if they were related.
Utica is close to the port of Oswego which was very active in the 19th century. Maybe a sailor went into Utica after the war to get a picture in his old uniform as a keepsake
The cap looks CSA regulation. If there are three gold stars below the sleeve band which is obscured he would be a warrant officer. The chain would then be for his whistle. The paper in his hand would be his warrant.
Poor tortured fellow. We tend to idealize the past as a time we'd ourselves would like to live in, but life was very hard and full of sickness and sorrow. Back in those days there were no "anti-depressants," no lithium tablets and the much maligned, but effective "electro-convulsive therapy" (shock therapy) had yet to be developed. If a person fell into depression, there wasn't much that could be done besides being sent to an asylum. I know from my studies of the late 19th and early 20th Century history of my mother's Western Pennsylvania home town, there were many men in that town who took their own lives in rather gruesome ways. There were tremendous pressures on men in those days because the man's role in society was to work and work long and hard and always "provide for his family," but many times there was no work to be had, no money coming in, there were no "crisis intervention" programs to reach out to and men would rather die than publicly admit failure and ask for what stingy help there was. "It's when need is his master and poverty's no stranger and there's no work to be found."
Wow. What a train of evidence leads to a tragic end. Good job discovering his story.
Another great one Ron, always look forward to your videos
Very sad. Rip
Wow. What a story.
The alignment of the "eye" of the man, a focal "eye", with art, photography, and sharp shooting. Makes sense. Get that extended cold weather into the lungs, and it takes it's toll. Also makes sense.
Thanks Ron. Some characters are more interesting than others, but tragedy is always tragedy.
William Henry Seward was appointed Secretary of State by Abraham Lincoln on March 5, 1861, and served until March 4, 1869. Seward carefully managed international affairs during the Civil War and also negotiated the 1867 purchase of Alaska.I wonder if they were related.
Thank you
Photographs of Oswego starch mills from 19th century can be found online
A blue band bordered on both sides with gold is correct for the rank
Utica is close to the port of Oswego which was very active in the 19th century. Maybe a sailor went into Utica after the war to get a picture in his old uniform as a keepsake
Just found out that flour was shipped through Oswego from Canada to southern states after the civil war.
The cap looks CSA regulation. If there are three gold stars below the sleeve band which is obscured he would be a warrant officer. The chain would then be for his whistle. The paper in his hand would be his warrant.
Fascinating!
Poor tortured fellow. We tend to idealize the past as a time we'd ourselves would like to live in, but life was very hard and full of sickness and sorrow.
Back in those days there were no "anti-depressants," no lithium tablets and the much maligned, but effective "electro-convulsive therapy" (shock therapy) had yet to be developed. If a person fell into depression, there wasn't much that could be done besides being sent to an asylum. I know from my studies of the late 19th and early 20th Century history of my mother's Western Pennsylvania home town, there were many men in that town who took their own lives in rather gruesome ways. There were tremendous pressures on men in those days because the man's role in society was to work and work long and hard and always "provide for his family," but many times there was no work to be had, no money coming in, there were no "crisis intervention" programs to reach out to and men would rather die than publicly admit failure and ask for what stingy help there was. "It's when need is his master and poverty's no stranger and there's no work to be found."
You can also find examples of 19th century warrants online
I hoped you would have mentioned that prussic acid was the name of what is now known as hydrogen cyanide.
On close examination it appears to maybe have the gold
It looks like a confederate navy uniform
The cap is correct and the band on the sleeve is right
Or maybe Utica based photographers go to the port to drum up business and a CSA sailor in a uniform is not vase for unique advertising