Half plate family portrait featuring a Union lieutenant in uniform with an an older man and woman (presumably his parents), a young man around his age, and 6 children of varying ages (likely his siblings). The young lieutenant wears a frock coat with gold highlighted buttons and shoulder straps, and a bummer cap with indecipherable insignia on the crown.

Housed in a pressed paper case.

A remarkably intimate portrait of a large family, perhaps hoping to show off their officer specifically, and their sacrifice as a family with a serving member more generally. Alternatively, perhaps, they thought it prudent to have a picture taken of the entire family in case their officer does not return from the battlefield.