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This fellow's buckle is upside down -- this must have been taken early in basic training. :)

No. Again, I believe this is a Confederate. If CSA or state buckles were scarce they would reverse acquired Union ones, a common practice.

Addendum: The high collar was much more common in Southern enlisted men's uniforms. Also, the rather ancient looking smoothbore musket. Even early on, Union soldiers had better rifles, by and large, though recently cartridge boxes found at Antietam (Sharpsburg) showed some Union Infantry units were still carrying smoothbores in late 1862

That sounds reasonable. I also note now that the "U" was painted in upside down, so whatever the reason it wasn't accidental.

Upside down US buckle is a clue this fellow may have been a regular US infantryman until his state seceded. Or it is a captured or liberated belt. The jaunty brim angle of his kepi say "Johnny Reb" to me. Men fighting on the southern side were predominantly volunteers and tended to express such positive fighting spirit throughout the war.

And so began the Rockettes of New York !

Looks like it's been taken from a 1st or 2nd floor window. There's a garden in the foreground.

I'm pretty sure it's back to front as well. www.google.ie/maps/@52.2639673,-6.3802141,3a,90y,134.21h,...

excellent view

derangedlemur Possibly from the roof of Kelly's.

From flipping back and forth on the OSI map (new Geohive interface!), this entire scene may be under the waves these days.