[Portrait of Maj. General Joseph Wheeler, officer of the Confederate Army]
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Photograph of Gen. Joe Wheeler, CSA of 19th Alabama Infantry.
Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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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