Gunsmith from Gettysburg, PA

[Gil Boyd]

There is a great deal on this officer in his time with the 81st Regiment of Foot, Loyal Lincoln Volunteers. Good luck

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[Patrick Chadwick]

There is a great deal on this officer in his time with the 81st Regiment of Foot, Loyal Lincoln Volunteers. Good luck

Gil, the person in the portrait is not the man under discussion, it's his father.

[Gil Boyd]

keeping it in the family, born in 1841, he would have had a similar uniform

The 81st Foot was raised in Lincoln in 1793 on the outbreak of war with revolutionary France as the Loyal Lincoln Volunteers.

In 1794, it became the 81st Regiment of Foot.

In 1833, it incorporated Loyal Lincoln Volunteers in its title as most of its recruits had come from the Lincolnshire militia.

On 1 July 1881, the 81st amalgamated with the 47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot to form the Second Battalion of The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.

In 1920, the Loyal North Lancashire became The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire).

On 25 March 1970 The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) merged with The Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) to form The Queen's Lancashire Regiment.

[bigduke6]

Try Ancestry UK, may dig a lot more up on him, plus you should be able to pull his Miliatary record from the National Archive........