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    Are these confederates?

    Hi All,
    I live in a small town (less than 1500) on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. A local news paper has been doing monthly special edition stories related to the Civil War on the Eastern Shores of Maryland, Virginia and Delaware.
    A cousin of mine found a picture in an old delapatated store that was falling down. He claims it may be that of confederate soldiers in camp. The pic is faded extensively. Perhaps someone here can figure out if these are Civil War soldiers.
    Brent ConnerClick image for larger version Name: confederate, Byrdtown2.jpg Views: 1 Size: 622.2 KB ID: 230887
    Brent Conner

    We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.
    Benjamin Franklin
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    Re: Are these confederates?

    Looks like hunters in camp
    David H. Thomas
    Starr's NC Battery
    Fayetteville, NC

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    • #3
      Re: Are these confederates?

      Hallo!

      My skills and equipment are too meager or non existent to enhance it...

      I a not seeing anything time-definitive to make a declaration... But my bias and opinion is that it is they are post War hunters, as I lean more towards the shotgun being a hunter's than necessarily a Confederates'. Of course, one could go the other direction as well.



      Curt
      Curt Schmidt
      In gleichem Schritt und Tritt, Curt Schmidt

      -Hard and sharp as flint...secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster.
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        Re: Are these confederates?

        From what I can see, it appears the photo is in a paper folder that is post CW era.
        Beth Crabb

        IN LOVING MEMORY OF
        John Crabb July 10, 1953 - Nov. 25, 2009

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        • #5
          Re: Are these confederates?

          Curt,
          Are you sure that is a shotgun. Almost looks like a lever action like a Winchester etc. The very bottom of the photo looks like it is the front round part of the trigger guard.
          Rob Bruno
          1st MD Cav
          http://1stmarylandcavalry.com

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          • #6
            Re: Are these confederates?

            Hallo!

            Better eyes, larger monitor, and better Photoshop skills might say yes. Good call.

            But, I will stick to my guess. I believe I am seeing two uniform side-by-side barrels from the bottom rather than the two sized barrel and magazine tube of a Winchester. And, the way the light reflects on the nose cap seems to appear as a nose cap viewed from the bottom and not a Winchester's viewed from the side.

            Not saying I am right, just a WAG...

            :)





            Curt
            Last edited by Curt Schmidt; 11-22-2013, 10:54 AM.
            Curt Schmidt
            In gleichem Schritt und Tritt, Curt Schmidt

            -Hard and sharp as flint...secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster.
            -Haplogroup R1b M343 (Subclade R1b1a2 M269)
            -Pointless Folksy Wisdom Mess, Oblio Lodge #1
            -Vastly Ignorant
            -Often incorrect, technically, historically, factually.

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            • #7
              Re: Are these confederates?

              Regardless of Civil War affiliation, it's a wonderful historical document of recreation in a time and place.
              Bob Welch

              The Eagle and The Journal
              My blog, following one Illinois community from Lincoln's election through the end of the Civil War through the articles originally printed in its two newspapers.

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              • #8
                Re: Are these confederates?

                I looked closely at Curt's enlargments for several minutes and I also think that it's a shotgun. I agree also that these guy's are likely two hunters in camp
                Kevin Barnes

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