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  • #1

    Another cav photo

    Not sure if many have seen this picture before, but while going through the LOC photos I came upon this and figured I should share.
    [Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with cavalry saber standing next to horse fitted with McClellan saddle] (LOC)
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/5228618617/in/set-72157625520211184/
    [Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with cavalry saber standing next to horse fitted with McClellan saddle] [between 1861 and 1865] 1 photograph : quarter-plate tintype, hand-colored ; 9.4 x 11.9 cm (case) Notes: Title devised by Library staff. Case: Leather gem scroll motif. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Subjects: United States.--Army--People--1860-1870. Soldiers--Union--1860-1870. Military uniforms--Union--1860-1870. Daggers & swords--1860-1870. Horses--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union. Format: Portrait photographs--1860-1870. Tintypes--Hand-colored--1860-1870. Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print Part Of: Ambrotype/Tintype filing series (Library of Congress) (DLC) 2010650518 Liljenquist Family collection (Library of Congress) (DLC) 2010650519 More information about this collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.27119 Call Number: AMB/TIN no. 2266


    and another one, an officer this time.
    [Two unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms; African American soldier on left in frock coat and slouch hat; soldier on right sitting on horse and wearing shell jacket and slouch hat] (LOC)
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/5228619345/in/set-72157625520211184/
    [Two unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms; African American soldier on left in frock coat and slouch hat; soldier on right sitting on horse and wearing shell jacket and slouch hat] [between 1863 and 1865] 1 photograph : sixth-plate tintype, hand-colored ; 9.7 x 8.7 cm (case) Notes: Title devised by Library staff. Case: Berg, no. 3-93. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Purchased from: Dave Taylor's Civil War Antiques, Sylvania, Ohio 2000. Published in: Horse equipment of the Civil War era. Fairfax, Va.: SCS Publications, 2003, p. 144. Subjects: United States.--Army--People--1860-1870. African Americans--Military service--1860-1870. Soldiers--Union--1860-1870. Military uniforms--Union--1860-1870. Horses--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union. Format: Group portraits--1860-1870. Portrait photographs--1860-1870. Tintypes--Hand-colored--1860-1870. Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print Part Of: Ambrotype/Tintype filing series (Library of Congress) (DLC) 2010650518 Liljenquist Family collection (Library of Congress) (DLC) 2010650519 More information about this collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.27131 Call Number: AMB/TIN no. 2278
    Dan Chmelar
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  • #2
    Re: Another cav photo

    That's either a short rider nor a big horse!
    Mike Ventura
    Shannon's Scouts

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    • #3
      Re: Another cav photo

      Could be both... 16h horse and a 5'6" rider? I think Sheridan was only something like 5'2". Grant wasn't a very tall man and Egypt and Cincinnati were both pretty good size horses. Thing is, Mark and I'd need ones about 19.2 for that same look. Dan, thanks for sharing. TEH
      [B][FONT="Book Antiqua"][SIZE="4"][I]Zack Ziarnek[/I][/SIZE][/FONT][/B]
      [email]ill6thcav@yahoo.com[/email]

      Authentic Campaigner since 1998... Go Hard or Go Home!

      "Look back at our struggle for Freedom, Trace our present day's strength to its source, And you'll find that this country's pathway to glory, Is strewn with the bones of the horse." Anonymous

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      • #4
        Re: Another cav photo

        Yep, Zack is right................never met a tall horse I didn't like.

        That fella is a bit short, isn't he. Even with legs just about straight, his feet just do come to the base of the horses barrel.

        Probably has a "Napoleon complex" or something, ha. (I'll probably hear about that comment.):wink_smil

        Mark
        J. Mark Choate
        7th TN. Cavalry, Co. D.
        "Let history dictate our impressions.......not the other way around!"

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        • #5
          Re: Another cav photo

          OOOOOH! I'm telling Sergent Helton about that one!

          All kidding aside though he does seem kinda short for that horse.
          Andrew Verdon

          7th Tennessee Cavalry Company D

          Tennessee Plowboy #1 of the "Far Flung Mess"

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          • #6
            Re: Another cav photo

            Originally posted by Forrestcavalryman View Post
            All kidding aside though he does seem kinda short for that horse.
            Agreed, how the heck did he remount with the stirrup above his waist? Could it have been a photographer's prop horse?
            Mike Schramm

            Just another FARB trying to get better.

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            • #7
              Re: Another cav photo

              Could be. Also, he could be a "yellow dog" and wouldn't have to dismount as much.
              Last edited by Forrestcavalryman; 12-10-2010, 09:09 PM.
              Andrew Verdon

              7th Tennessee Cavalry Company D

              Tennessee Plowboy #1 of the "Far Flung Mess"

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              • #8
                Re: Another cav photo

                That could be the job of some poor enlisted man or the man-servants... instant ladder/step stool... Not to rip on Chad Green (since we are good friends), but I've seen Chad mount a 16 hand horse with not assistance... Alsa, you shorter fellas do have some historic appearance advantages... TEH
                [B][FONT="Book Antiqua"][SIZE="4"][I]Zack Ziarnek[/I][/SIZE][/FONT][/B]
                [email]ill6thcav@yahoo.com[/email]

                Authentic Campaigner since 1998... Go Hard or Go Home!

                "Look back at our struggle for Freedom, Trace our present day's strength to its source, And you'll find that this country's pathway to glory, Is strewn with the bones of the horse." Anonymous

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