It’s hard for me to believe that this young Rebel in his mounted rifles Hardee hat could be unidentified, even after all these years. He’s a handsome fellow and his pose, on a simple chair without any painted background and minus the usual bellicose weaponry, is thoughtful and loving. Somebody’s Darling, no doubt. Yet, somehow, his descendants lost, or even worse sold, this likeness of him. And today no one seems to know who he was. R.I.P.
Via Dead Confederates.
THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER 
To my shame even at home I have in family albums some photos that I can’t identify. And nobody to ask, on this side at least.
Lucky you have the albums. Ours got split up by the previous generations or lost altogether. The photos we have I have i.d.s for, but many are missing.
It’s something the young generally ignore until they age and get interested and then it may be too late.
Unfortunately the same is true in my family. Really need to go over the old family albums with my parents while we still can.