Daniel & Joseph Budd, Civil War Missouri

Thank you Frank for sharing such a wonderful photo - it led me to research the battle of Vassar hill.

This is not a American Civil War photo, because on the kepis they have the crossed rifles. During the Civil War the hunting horn would have been used

Love these old pictures.

They don’t look at all like brothers to me.

If you look good, you can see everything looks alike except the eyes. I think they are brothers. Beautiful photo.

100 % NOT Civil war era.....Span Am war probably

I can't see what the tags on their uniforms say, but the insignia on the cap is crossed rifles, meaning infantry. There's a number above for the regiment and a letter below for the company.

The uniform collar does compare with the ones for the Spanish-American War.

The picture below is from this site:

Found this at the below website thru the add-on called Tineye.
3 BUDD, Joseph B. b: 1844 in Spencer.Co.KY d: Abt. 18 Jul 1862 in Battle of Vassar Hill, age18, S of Memphis, Scotland.Co.MO Note 11: 1862 Civil War; private, 2nd Reg of Merrill's Horse, Union.Army Note 12: Abt. 18 Jul 1862 Killed, 18y, chasing Col. Porter, Battle of Vassar Hill, Scotland.Co.MO.
3 BUDD, Daniel W. b: 1846 in Linton area Vigo.Co.IN d: 1862 in Douglas.Co.MO; smallpox, U.Army Note 11: Died from Smallpox, age16, Union Army.

Since they were so young, and did not live until the Spanish-American War, could the uniforms be military school uniforms or local militia uniforms and not regular army issue?

Indian War Period
He's wearing a 1880's US Infantry hat badge and the 5 button sack coat is also Indian War period

5 button sack coat, Indian War period

Colette Boland 👀

The two soldiers are wearing "To Hell with Spain" "Remember the Maine" ribbons from the sinking of the Maine in 1898. These are probably from the 2nd Regiment of a National Guard unit where the uniform style (kepi and blouse) and insignia would be appropriate for the time. In the original photo you can see this is a cabinet card which was produced after the civil war time period. If this was taken in the early 1860s it would have been a carte de visite. J.W. Kerr, Parsons Kansas whose imprint can be seen on the original was a photographer in Parsons, Kansas in 1898. This boils down to a case of misidentification attributed to the Budd brothers.

However, Mark Nichols brings up an excellent point - the original post states the photo was taken in 1862 in Putnam county, Missouri, while the actual photo says Parsons, KS - Likely the original submitter knew about the 2 Budd brothers in their ancestry, and assumed this photo was them. But Mark posted several excellent reasons why this can not be them.

Diana Nares comments are interesting

I would like to apologise.

I looked at those ribbons a number of times and found them too blurry to read.

After posting a number of grumpy comments, I went back and looked at the ribbons again...

And, they do, indeed, say “To Hell with Spain”...

I removed my comments and apologize for getting completely the wrong end of the stick.

Occasionally I play at sharpening an old photo. Unfortunately, it sharpens the blemishes as well!

Because the ribbons refer to the sinking of the Maine, which happened much later. Apparently National Guard units used the Kepi caps.

Janet Harder They died in 1862... One died of wounds receceived in battle and the other of Smallpox. That’s DURING THE CIVIL WAR. They are clearly not wearing Spanish American War uniforms because 1) they were dear before the SA War and 2) because the SA War uniforms didn’t look like that.

And since the ribbons are too blurry to actually read, basing the entire premise that it is SA War-era not in what they are actually wearing but an out-of-focus ribbon is nonsensical.