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How common were they in a field/battle setting. Time period of concern is mid-to-late 1864; Army of the Potomac or Army of the James. Anyone know of any images taken in the field that represent this?
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John Marler
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Re: Late war officer's sashes...
Sir, I quote, "General Orders # 286 of November 22, 1864 allowed officers not to wear sashs while serving in the field". Http://howardlanham.tripod.com/link27.htm
Here are a couple of images of that may be of interest.
Co. L, 2d New York Artillery, Fort C.F.Smith http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c15177
Co. F, 2d New Yory Artillery, Fort C.F.Smith http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpb.03989Mel Hadden, Husband to Julia Marie, Maternal Great Granddaughter of
Eben Lowder, Corporal, Co. H 14th Regiment N.C. Troops (4th Regiment N.C. Volunteers, Co. H, The Stanly Marksmen) Mustered in May 5, 1861, captured April 9, 1865.
Paternal Great Granddaughter of James T. Martin, Private, Co. I, 6th North Carolina Infantry Regiment Senior Reserves, (76th Regiment N.C. Troops)
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Re: Late war officer's sashes...
If my memory serves me right there is an 1864 Brandy Station Albumen print of the 114th PA PVI. The OD can be seen wearing his sash. Recently, I have been doing research on garrison photographs from entire length of the war. Most of those images depict mostly officers without sashes except for the OD. I will try and dig up some images...Breandan MackieComment
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