Sixth plate ruby ambrotype half portrait of a young cavalryman wearing an 1851 Pattern belt plate, a roundabout jacket, a plaid/checked shirt, and a striped necktie. He has what appears to be a Colt tucked into his belt. (Some chemical deterioration/haloing around edges and to lower portion of image, a few streaks to left side of subject's jacket; unsealed.) Housed in a pressed paper case with patriotic gilt detail.