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[A.(?) Greenwall, Confederate Army officer, full-length portrait, facing front]
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Written on recto: Gen. Greenwall; written on verso: Col.[?] Greenwall.
Photograph from an original negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery.
Soldier's first name and regiment from Civil War Mysteries & More blog post by Terry Baker, May 20, 2014, http://www.civilwarmysteriesampmore.com.
Reference copy in BIOG FILE.
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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