This rare tintype features two Missouri State Guard soldiers, Private P. S. Alexander of the Moniteau County Rangers and Private S. W. Stone of the California Guards. Both are dressed in civilian clothing, typical of the Missouri State Guard. One is wearing an elaborate tooled leather sheath with a Bowie knife and is holding a musket, while the other is holding a civilian half-stock rifle and has a large knife in his belt. Stone's descendants believe that he is the soldier on the right and Alexander is on the left.
Image Courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield; WICR 30025
