I found this picture of the 3rd Indiana Cavalry from Petersburg on the LOC site and there were several odd things in the picture. The difference in sword belt plates that included one styled like the 1840’s plates which can be seen on the left. The rest of the plates were 5 three piece wreath 1851 plates, four one piece wreath 1851 plates and two which I could not tell. You can see all three styles of plates in the attached picture. The other odd thing was only one of the troopers is using his shoulder strap and he is in the picture.
What is your thoughts?
David Jarnagin
djarnagin@bellsouth.net
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