Rebels on the March

[DougCooper]

Re: Rebels on the March

Sure enough, Marlin already answered my back to the future question on why it is not more blurry:

I have examined a very clear copy and I honestly don't see any muddy footprints. Also, there don't seem to be any puddles in the obvious places (gutters). Judging from the fact that there is not as much movement blurring as would be expected, a small lens apeture and quick exposure was probably used which could have only have been accomplished in bright sunlight. Also note the relative absence of shadows. Bright light and small shadows indicate the time to be mid-day. Perhaps this could narrow down the identity to units that passed through town around noon.
__________________
Marlin Teat

[RJSamp]

Formal Halt vs Accordion

I like to refer to this image when I hear " Company Halt, shoulder arms fellas, your shoulder arms..when we halt"( echos through the company) :sarcastic

What was practiced in the field may differ considerably, from time to time, that which is printed in the manual :wink_smil

Campaign march, route step, slowing down in a town/BIG town.....this isn't a Halt in the formal sense of the command. I haven't read where they called the regiments to attention, picked up the step, aligned ranks and corrected the intervals...and then called a HALT.....for the simple accordion-like march of a 12+ mile Corps column moving down a single road.

On a 20 mile march, this would get incredibly formal, unnecessary, a problem for the men in terms of fatigue, etc. This became routine, automated, robotic....like the Federals who began to march in step on the pontoon bridge without orders....and had to be ordered to march off cadence.

The photographer had to have shouted down to hold still....but why aren't more of the men facing the camera? What is the fastest exposure time you can get away with???

I agree with you guys. .... the manual said this or that....what the men did in real life may not have been the same.....

RJ Samp