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I thought this was interesting. I can't see it very well, but it looks like the drivers are wearing sabers?
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I thought this was interesting. I can't see it very well, but it looks like the drivers are wearing sabers?Just a private soldier trying to make a difference
Patrick Peterson
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Re: horse drawn pic
Yes they areMarvin Greer
Snake Nation Disciples
"Now bounce the Bullies!" -- Lt. David Cornwell 9th Louisiana Colored Troops, Battle of Milliken's Bend.
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The guy above the rear wheel of the first cannon next to the guy in the blurred white horse, could, I mean COULD, he have a carbine sling across his chest? It looks like a wide leather strap. I can't tell if he is attached to a cannon or an out rider.Comment
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Re: horse drawn pic
The Pic is Capt. Gibsons 3rd US Battery C/G (Consolidated)
during the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862.
This Unit was Horse Artillery and was mostly attached to the Cav.
This photograph can also be viewed on the cover of the book;
"Grape & Canister"
The man in question is a sgt. of the piece.[B]Rick Dennis, Major
US Artillery Reserve Inc.
[url]www.artilleryreserve.org[/url][/B]
[B][FONT="Palatino Linotype"]"Infantry is merely a buffer between two warring armies know as Field Artillery"[/FONT][/B]Comment
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Not only are they wearing the Artillery sabers, nearly all of them have scale attachment pieces on the collars of their MSJ's. I also see running martingales, Grimsley and Mac saddles! Great pic indeed!
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