August 2010 Cover Image: Voting

[Diochra]

I'm not convinced we need to 'vet' this group of images elsewhere down to Top 3. Let's see how we do with voting on Top 10. (Next time, though, I think we should take first 5. Just run with it. :D )

All back stories can be found here:

http://www.authentic-campaigner.com/forum/showthread.php?28930-August-2010-Image-Submission-Something-a-Little-Different

Have at it!


1: William Harper and Narcissa Ann Russell. Hothouse, Fannin County, Georgia


2: Julius H. Higley, 123rd NYSV (Co. E), 20th Corps of the Army of the Cumberland

Also, 1865 or 1866, when Julius served as First Lieutenant (and later Captain) of Co. A of the 109th USCT

http://www.authentic-campaigner.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=28626&d=1279731651

3: Col. Elias Peissner, 119th New York Infantry


4 (Left): Nun. Back mark reads: Dolph Bros. Photographers Farrar Hall Erie, PA.
5 (Right): from Brady's National Photographic Gallery in New York


6: Raiford Chamblee and his wife Mary, or William Baker and his wife Mary


7: John Yates Beall, Tintype (quarter plate?), while in the 2nd Regiment, Virginia Infantry. During convalescence.


8: CDVs with Southern back marks, believed to be from 1865 or earlier


9: Captain Benjamin Giroux, Company C (Michigan) 1st U.S. Sharpshooters, circa late 1861/early 1862


10: Algernon Sidney Grigg, Pvt/Sgt in Co F, 12th Alabama infantry

[John-Owen Kline]

Re: August 2010 Cover Image: Voting

There is a decent amount of conversation about (#7) John Yates Beall in the OR's. I'm afraid they are mingled in with his distant cousin, Lloyd Beall CSMC.

http://dlxs2.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?ALLSELECTED=1;xc=1;g=moagrp;type=simple;rgn=full%20text;q1=beall;c=moawar;view=reslist;cc=moawar;subview=detail;sort=occur;start=1;size=25;didno=ofre0009

One of several references, starting bottom of page 305.

[Matt Woodburn]

Re: August 2010 Cover Image: Voting

OK, this was the hardest decision ever on cover images. Great ones this month.

[Spinster]

Re: August 2010 Cover Image: Voting

Image 1 is my people and all that, but I have to go with the John Yates Beall. Glad I checked in before I left for a week.


And now, rations are crated, bales are banded, barrels are ready to be filled on site......I'm gonna go get In The Van. The way the crowd is flocking in early, even our ramp up is longer than most events.....

[PetePaolillo]

Re: August 2010 Cover Image: Voting

OK, this was the hardest decision ever on cover images. Great ones this month.

I'll second that. All deserving of a cover shot. How about a collage? ;)

[Brandon Ledvina]

Re: August 2010 Cover Image: Voting

Normally I vote for the one that looks the most authentic but thats hard to do this month! I ended up choosing number 2 just because I think it is a great picture.

[Diochra]

Re: August 2010 Cover Image: Voting

I'll second that. All deserving of a cover shot. How about a collage? ;)

Now now, that'd make them each very small!

[plankholder]

Re: August 2010 Cover Image: Voting

very hard choice this month, all are way cool. Its going to be hard to choose between 7 and 10.

[drew p]

Re: August 2010 Cover Image: Voting

I really enjoyed the photo submissions this month! Thanks to all of you who shared an image and a story. I had a hard time picking just one to vote for, but in the end I went with image 10.

James O'Dea

[Old Cremona]

Re: August 2010 Cover Image: Voting

I went with #3, Col. Elias Peissner, not only because my people were also New Yawkers, but because he has a little "paunch" which should make a few middle-aged reenactors feel better about themselves.

[Matthew Semple]

Re: August 2010 Cover Image: Voting

I have thought some time on this and have come to what has been a very hard decision.

All of these photo submissions and back stories advance the hobby and (more importantly) research. I normally vote for the cover image when it comes up each month but for this specific month I choose NOT to vote in this poll because I will not vote on original images as a "favorite" based on my specific background of research.

I do not dispute or disregard the criteria outlined for voting because it is a great concept that many of us on this forum strive to meet. The main reason why I choose not to vote is due to the fact that ALL original images tell us something about the specific time period that that individual image was struck/taken. For me, to choose one "favorite" image based on my research background may (although unintentionally) discard the rest as less important. ALL of these images are important to all of us as researchers of this period in time.

I did like the idea of choosing all images as a collage but definitly understand that they would be so small as to detract from the original individual images themselves.

So, my reasoning given, I reluctantly choose for the first time ever (when capable) not to vote in this monthly poll.