Two (2) Civil War period photographs. 1st item: A Confederate ninth plate ambrotype identified as that of John H. Meadows, Private, 37th Tennessee Infantry, Company C. Note: Meadows, a native of Gallatin, Tennessee, was approximately 20 years old at the time of this image. He was mortally wounded at the Battle of Nashville. 2nd item: A sixth plate image of an unidentified young man with dark hair and facial hair, with his hand inside his shirt at chest level.

PROVENANCE: Private Southern Collection.

CONDITION: Meadows ambrotype has scratching across face and halo at edges. Name of subject is scratched into paper inside case, with a more contemporary label pasted in. 2nd ambrotype has halo around edges, light emulsion line to background, overall good condition, not examined out of case. Missing top half of case; considerable wear to exterior of case.