Napoleon Wannabees?

[roundshot]

These yanks provide us with two variations of the "Little Emperor's" classic pose: One is quite acceptable but the other falls a little short. From the LOC collections.

[rogue]

Mounted pants on the fellow on the right, what is the shield on his arm?
Steve Sullivan

[Dignann]

Mounted pants on the fellow on the right, what is the shield on his arm?

Could it be some type of private purchase signal corps badge? The officer to his right certainly appears to have the signal corps badge attached to his cap.

Eric

[DougCooper]

These guys all appear to have mounted trousers - note the seams. Great shot of the Infantry Uniform Jacket as well...aka Signal Corps Jacket (see EoG). Outstanding photos!

[roundshot]

I believe Signal Corps. Here's the entire cast. The other "Napoleon" is serving in the siege parallels of Morris Island.

[Bivouac_of_the_Dead]

The soldier at far left also appears to have a signal corps insignia on his upper right arm, but it is slightly blurred due to his movement.

[Rob]

Perhaps the man in the first photo is doing some "skirmishing"? :D

[huntdaw]

He looks more like an Al Bundy wannabe.

[ScottCross]

He looks more like an Al Bundy wannabe.

I was going to suggest that he looks like he's about ready to sit down in front of the tube and crack a beer!:D

[clane64]

What is come out from around the neck on the guy third from the left? Also is that velvet on the collar of the guy on the far right.


Chris Lane
37th TN

[PanzerJager]

What is come out from around the neck on the guy third from the left? Also is that velvet on the collar of the guy on the far right.


Chris Lane
37th TN

It appears to be the end of the man's cravat. You are right about the collar, when you compare the collar of the man all the way on the right with the other jackets and the tone of the shadows in the photograph it does seem that his collar is much darker.

Regards

[5thMIkeydet]

the guy on the right is wearing that belt super low. Like that would be a modern style.

[Robert A Mosher]

The greater community of Napoleon scholars some time ago demonstrated that the "Napoleon" pose was in fact a rather common posture for portraits dating from before Napoleon - though he certainly is the most well known exemplair.

I thought it interesting as well to see the variations in the buttoning of the coats - at least one and possibly two with only the topmost button fastened, one with the top four buttons fastened - and so on. It might also suggest that if you wore a waistcoat, you were allowed a little more leeway on this point. But I suspect the critical element on this issue also was where you were at the time, what were you doing, and were there any ladies present or in the near vicinity. Things might have been a bit more relaxed when it was 'just the guys.'

Robert A. Mosher

[utahreenactor]

Is it just me or is the gentleman who is exploring his nether regions wearing his forage cap backwards?

Chase Pinkham

[Russell Huffman]

it looks like it may be ,hand in pants and hat backwords i bet if you had sound to the pic it there would probly hear rap music playing in his cabin.lol

Russell Huffman

[Guy Gane III]

The guy with the belt too low.... FARB

The guy with the hat backwards....FARB

:tounge_sm

[tsgalloway]

it looks like it may be ,hand in pants and hat backwords i bet if you had sound to the pic it there would probly hear rap music playing in his cabin.lol

Russell Huffman

He may be on the Civil War version of "Candid Camera"