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Seems the feller in the shirt could be the same in both pictures also, with different hats .
Seems the feller in the shirt could be the same in both pictures also, with different hats .
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Steve Boulton
Lazy Jacks Mess
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Re: Intriguing Photo
Great photo and good analysis by the responders. What I took away from this was the humorous observation that boys seem to have gotten the old man to do all of the work. Something I seem to do more often than I should when my son and his HS friends come over to help me on a project. Some of those kids in the photo look like my son's friends, wierd.
regardsFrank Lilley
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Notice the one holding the two pails. It is a very unusaul jacket.Doug Ranson
Button Hat Boys
Jaunty Bunch
Cumberland River Legion
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The soldier up top on the right appears to have a rain cover on his forage cap.Doug Ranson
Button Hat Boys
Jaunty Bunch
Cumberland River Legion
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That is a keck of a sharp axe to be blowing out chunks that big- especially with shoes that thin that close by. It looks as if the woodman has scuffed the outsides of his boots more than a few times and is nearing a blowout.Chris R. Henderson
Big'uns Mess/Black Hat Boys
WIG/GVB
In Memory of Wm. Davis Couch, Phillips Legion Cav. from Hall Co. GEORGIA
It's a trick, Gen. Sherman!...there's TWO of 'em! ~Lewis Grizzard
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It really looks like a fatigue blouse with extra buttons, but is it possible it's a civilian sack with military buttons? Bucketman's caps seems to be missing the chinstrap. The soldier to his right ( the viewer's left) in the chausseur pants (no suspenders!) seems to be wearing one of those wool pull-over shirts, too. They're a hodge-podge of stuff, aren't they?Rob Weaver
Co I, 7th Wisconsin, the "Pine River Boys"
"We're... Christians, what read the Bible and foller what it says about lovin' your enemies and carin' for them what despitefully use you -- that is, after you've downed 'em good and hard."
[I]Si Klegg[/I]Comment
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What about the posibility that the unusual tunic actually started out as a frock. Its kind of hard to see the colar. Cut the skirt off due to damage or personal campaign preference due to added heat. Then sew the buttom up and cut a couple of pocket slits. The location of the pockets would be below a waist belt for easy access while fully equiped.
Just a thought
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