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Hallo!
Things are slow tonight. I know, let's discuss this:
:) :)
Curt
Things are slow tonight. I know, let's discuss this:
:) :)
Curt
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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)
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What a coat! Suppose it's bear fur with sheep skin trim?Caleb Miller
"A man who is clean has a better opinion of himself than one who is not and invariably makes a better soldier. This then is an important matter." - Inspector's comment on MacRae's Brigade, 1864 -
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My wife's great grandfather was a Union private detailed as a teamster to drive over the Cumberland mountains in the bitter cold of February 1864.
Grampa? Is that you? :)
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Peter Malarkin of Company A of the 57th Georgia was detailed as Division Teamster on August 23, 1862, as he went over the Cumberlands.......
Based on recent experience, I'm betting This Ain't Him.
Learned Stuff on My Summer Vacation MessTerre Hood Biederman
Yassir, I used to be Mrs. Lawson. I still run period dyepots, knit stuff, and cause trouble.
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Re: Teamster
What intrigues me beyond the coat is the star shaped buttons or whatever they are under it, anyone have any idea what they are?Robert Collett
8th FL / 13th IN
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The stars appear to be embroidered onto the placate of his shirt, underneath the coat. I must have one!Originally posted by toptimlrd View PostScott Cross
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Ah, at first blush I thought he was wearing another coat (sack coat perhaps) under that fur coat. But now I do notice the buttons of a waist coat lower down.Originally posted by ScottCross View PostRobert Collett
8th FL / 13th IN
Armory Guards
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Re: Teamster
Hallo!
It is interesting...
The stars appear, possibly, maybe to be applique's sewn over the buttons holes. The size and spacing of the buttons might could appear to be that of a mounted services type jacket whose collar had been docked. But, wearing a "civilian" vest (although the buttons could possible be small US eagles) for added warmth OVER a jacket is a might odd. But we do have Period images of lads who tuck their fatigue blouses into their trousers...
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Curt
Whose wife's great-great uncle was a XIV Corps teamster who lost an arm at Resaca.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.Comment
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