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[Portrait of Commander Matthew F. Maury, officer of the Confederate Navy]

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Maury is not in uniform.

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There are not many details distinguishing the Confederates from the Union soldiers in many of portrait photographs - they really were from the same country, the same culture. One of the differences that you do find is the less uniform appearance of Confederates: they are much less standard, often wearing bits and pieces of cast-off Union Army uniforms and often, even weaponry. One thing that’s specific to the Confederates is huge Bowie knives, humorously called ‘Arkansas toothpicks,’ often made by local blacksmiths.

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history civil war maury matthew f portrait photographs wet collodion negatives portrait commander matthew commander matthew f maury officer confederate navy 1860 19th century american civil war confederate states of america confederate states us navy us civil war united states history man library of congress
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01/01/1860
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Brady National Photographic Art Gallery (Washington, D.C.), photographer
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history civil war maury matthew f portrait photographs wet collodion negatives portrait commander matthew commander matthew f maury officer confederate navy 1860 19th century american civil war confederate states of america confederate states us navy us civil war united states history man library of congress