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[Private David C. Colbert of Company C, 46th Virginia Infantry Regiment, with secession badge, canteen, pistol, and Bowie knife]

[Private David C. Colbert of Company C, 46th Virginia Infantry Regiment, with secession badge, canteen, pistol, and Bowie knife]

[Private Stanford Lea Jessee of Co. A, 29th Virginia Infantry Regiment in uniform with rifle and Bowie knife]

[Private Luther Hart Clapp of Company C, 37th Virginia Infantry Regiment, in uniform and two-piece Virginia state seal buckle with Boyle and Gamble sword]

[Private David Lowry, of Company E, 25th Virginia Cavalry Regiment, Company A, 41st Virginia Infantry Regiment, and Company D, 47th Virginia Infantry Regiment, in uniform and corsage of flowers with musket and book]

[Private Joseph T. Rowland of Co. A, 41st Virginia Infantry Regiment in uniform with epaulets and kepi with pistol in belt]

[Private George Hamilton Guinn of Co. A, 52nd Virginia Infantry Regiment, in uniform with musket, Bowie knive, and canteen]

[Private David M. Thatcher of Company B, Berkeley Troop, 1st Virginia Cavalry Regiment, in uniform and Virginia sword belt plate with Adams revolver and cavalry sword]

[Private David M. Thatcher of Company B, Berkeley Troop, 1st Virginia Cavalry Regiment, in uniform and Virginia sword belt plate with Adams revolver and cavalry sword]

[Private David C. Colbert of Company C, 46th Virginia Infantry Regiment, with secession badge, canteen, pistol, and Bowie knife]

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Photograph shows identified soldier; manuscript found with photograph. More information is in "Glimpses of Soldiers' Lives," SoldierbiosColbert.html

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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01/01/1861
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dalton hester a colbert david c military service confederate states of america army virginia infantry regiment 46th people history civil war military personnel confederate military uniforms soldiers canteens beverage containers knives handguns ambrotypes portrait photographs private david private david c colbert company company c virginia infantry regiment virginia infantry regiment secession badge secession badge canteen pistol bowie knife 1861 prints 19th century american civil war confederate states united states history us civil war library of congress paintings