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I came across an old article from "American History Illustrated" Jul/Aug 1993 and the main article is on the 50th Anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg and the reunion that took place there. Although the picture is not captioned, we've all seen the vet who showed up in his sack coat, cap, knapsack, cartridge box and haversack and there's a pull quote mentioning the name T.E. Tibben (if this is who they're referring to). He's standing near a rail fence and pointing out at something.
What caught me as odd is he's wearing his haversack and cartridge box on the SAME side (his left)!!! I wonder if other vets mentioned it to him, "Hey pard, didn't that go on the other side...". It looks like the haversack he's wearing is more of a round bag too. Anyone else notice this? I wish I had the real article and not a copy otherwise I'd scan and post it here. I even tried Googling this image to no avail.
Anyway, just thought I'd share that.
What caught me as odd is he's wearing his haversack and cartridge box on the SAME side (his left)!!! I wonder if other vets mentioned it to him, "Hey pard, didn't that go on the other side...". It looks like the haversack he's wearing is more of a round bag too. Anyone else notice this? I wish I had the real article and not a copy otherwise I'd scan and post it here. I even tried Googling this image to no avail.
Anyway, just thought I'd share that.