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  • #16
    Re: Two 4th Texas images

    Found a reference to the Co. E. 4th Texas "Lone Star Guards" It is taken from "Hood's Texas Brigade: Lee's Grenadier Guard" by Harold B. Simpson

    "The "Lone Star Guard" of McLennan County (Company E, Fourth Texas Infantry) probably set the pace for sartorial excellence in the Brigade. No doubt the fact that their commander, Ed Ryan, was proprietor of one of the leading mercantile stores in Waco helped to account for the quality of their uniforms. They were made of imported grey cloth, individually tailored and cut by R.J. Talley and sewed together by the Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist Church. The uniforms were trimmed in blue, and sported brass buttons with the raised letters, "LSG." The buttons had been procured by the merchant Ryan on a trip to New York just prior to the hostilities"
    Eric Stephenson

    [URL="http://www.military-historians.org/"]The Company of Military Historians[/URL]
    [URL="http://lodge245.doylestownmasons.org/"]Doylestown Masonic Lodge No. 245 Free and Accepted Masons[/URL]

    "Captain Dike is in the hands of some brother Masons, and to the Order he owes his life." OR s.I v.II

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    • #17
      Re: Two 4th Texas images

      The other images from the Texan series taken at Camp Quantico in '61 are of the Wigfall Mess, who were from the 4th Texas. They are wearing forage caps, not kepis....
      Tom "Mingo" Machingo
      Independent Rifles, Weevil's Mess

      Vixi Et Didici

      "I think and highly hope that this war will end this year, and Oh then what a happy time we will have. No need of writing then but we can talk and talk again, and my boy can talk to me and I will never tire of listening to him and he will want to go with me everywhere I go, and I will be certain to let him go if there is any possible chance."
      Marion Hill Fitzpatrick
      Company K, 45th Georgia Infantry
      KIA Petersburg, Virginia

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      • #18
        Re: Two 4th Texas images

        Tom, Wigfall mess was 1st Texas.
        Eric Stephenson

        [URL="http://www.military-historians.org/"]The Company of Military Historians[/URL]
        [URL="http://lodge245.doylestownmasons.org/"]Doylestown Masonic Lodge No. 245 Free and Accepted Masons[/URL]

        "Captain Dike is in the hands of some brother Masons, and to the Order he owes his life." OR s.I v.II

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        • #19
          Re: Two 4th Texas images

          I'm sorry...yes, you are absolutely correct. It was a typo on my part. I believe they were part of Company G, if memory serves me correctly. Somewhere I recall seeing the photos where the individuals are actually id'd....
          Tom "Mingo" Machingo
          Independent Rifles, Weevil's Mess

          Vixi Et Didici

          "I think and highly hope that this war will end this year, and Oh then what a happy time we will have. No need of writing then but we can talk and talk again, and my boy can talk to me and I will never tire of listening to him and he will want to go with me everywhere I go, and I will be certain to let him go if there is any possible chance."
          Marion Hill Fitzpatrick
          Company K, 45th Georgia Infantry
          KIA Petersburg, Virginia

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          • #20
            Re: Two 4th Texas images

            -coats reminiscent of 'Hunting Shirts' but have features of a sack...interesting...
            Paul B. Boulden Jr.


            RAH VA MIL '04
            (Loblolly Mess)
            [URL="http://23rdva.netfirms.com/welcome.htm"]23rd VA Vol. Regt.[/URL]
            [URL="http://www.virginiaregiment.org/The_Virginia_Regiment/Home.html"]Waggoner's Company of the Virginia Regiment [/URL]

            [URL="http://www.military-historians.org/"]Company of Military Historians[/URL]
            [URL="http://www.moc.org/site/PageServer"]Museum of the Confederacy[/URL]
            [URL="http://www.historicsandusky.org/index.html"]Historic Sandusky [/URL]

            Inscription Capt. Archibold Willet headstone:

            "A span is all that we can boast, An inch or two of time, Man is but vanity and dust, In all his flower and prime."

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            • #21
              Re: Two 4th Texas images

              Hallo!





              Curt
              Curt Schmidt
              In gleichem Schritt und Tritt, Curt Schmidt

              -Hard and sharp as flint...secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster.
              -Haplogroup R1b M343 (Subclade R1b1a2 M269)
              -Pointless Folksy Wisdom Mess, Oblio Lodge #1
              -Vastly Ignorant
              -Often incorrect, technically, historically, factually.

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              • #22
                Re: Two 4th Texas images

                Hallo!






                Curt
                Curt Schmidt
                In gleichem Schritt und Tritt, Curt Schmidt

                -Hard and sharp as flint...secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster.
                -Haplogroup R1b M343 (Subclade R1b1a2 M269)
                -Pointless Folksy Wisdom Mess, Oblio Lodge #1
                -Vastly Ignorant
                -Often incorrect, technically, historically, factually.

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                • #23
                  Sumac dye

                  Originally posted by estephenson View Post
                  [...] It is a sumac dyed frock coat with black trim. [...]
                  Mr. Stephenson,
                  As I am writing my master thesis about Val. Giles and his book, and also because of personal interest for I am reenactor within the Co.B. 4th Texas Infantry in Germany, may I ask you where you got this information from?
                  Thank you in advance,

                  Martin Steiner

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