CONFEDERATE DEAD
Sometimes in this hobby we distance ourselves from the terrible
harvest that is war. I guess that we are so conditioned to hearing
the command "resurrect" and all the dead rise and walk
away that we view battle deaths in the abstract. In the War Between
the States many thousands fell to rise no more. They were real
people...somebodys grandpaw..maybe yours.
So...here are some Confederate soldiers who paid the
ultimate price.
Just for a moment look into the faces of the men whom
we honor by preserving their memory.
These glass negatives were so plentiful after the war,
and interest so low, that many thousands were sold to greenhouses
to use as glass panes. The sun slowly bleached
away the images until the the glass became almost clear and the
photos were lost forever.
wanna
see more photos? go here.
Much can be learned from looking directly back in time.
Note that the rifles have no slings and the canteens have no covers.
One canteen apparently has a leather strap. The soft felt slouch
hat in the first photo has a hat cord. Looks like a large canvas
haversack with a leather strap
to close it with on the 2nd photo. I dont see any suspenders anywhere
on the men in the 3rd photo.
