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Young Man Tintype with signs of War

Those stripes down his pants show the influence of the cavalry. Their uniform included stripes such as that down the outside of the pants. 

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  1. was he in the cavalry? or just found the pants in a trash barrell and started wearing them

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  2. Probably given to him unless he was in the cavalry. Pants were expensive then.

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