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While recently searching for images of North Carolina soldiers I found this image of Private Thomas Elijah Marks of Company B, 53rd Regiment N C Troops who appears to be wearing a shortened North Carolina sackcoat. I thought this might be of interest considering the amount of interest many members had in shortened Federal sackcoats.
The image is from an auction site - I do not have any affiliation w/ the site or the sale of the image, just thought it was very interesting.
The photo description is as follows:
Private Thomas Elijah Marks of Company B, 53rd Regiment N C Troops. Marks’s six button coat indicates that he was a sergeant; however, there is no evidence that he rose above the rank of private of private, and it seems probable that the coat was borrowed for this photograph. He wears a cartridge box sling and kepi and the roller buckle on his belt is of a type commonly seen in images of North Carolina soldiers. Marks was killed at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863, probably in the the fighting at Culp’s Hill. His service record appears on page 54 (84?) of this volume (North Carolina Troops 1861-1865, Vol. XIII, Infantry 53rd – 56th Regiments, Jordan). Image furnished by Thomas D. Gable, Charlotte, North Carolina.
While recently searching for images of North Carolina soldiers I found this image of Private Thomas Elijah Marks of Company B, 53rd Regiment N C Troops who appears to be wearing a shortened North Carolina sackcoat. I thought this might be of interest considering the amount of interest many members had in shortened Federal sackcoats.
The image is from an auction site - I do not have any affiliation w/ the site or the sale of the image, just thought it was very interesting.
The photo description is as follows:
Private Thomas Elijah Marks of Company B, 53rd Regiment N C Troops. Marks’s six button coat indicates that he was a sergeant; however, there is no evidence that he rose above the rank of private of private, and it seems probable that the coat was borrowed for this photograph. He wears a cartridge box sling and kepi and the roller buckle on his belt is of a type commonly seen in images of North Carolina soldiers. Marks was killed at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863, probably in the the fighting at Culp’s Hill. His service record appears on page 54 (84?) of this volume (North Carolina Troops 1861-1865, Vol. XIII, Infantry 53rd – 56th Regiments, Jordan). Image furnished by Thomas D. Gable, Charlotte, North Carolina.
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