The officers of the C.S. Army & Navy / photographed and published by C.F. May, 519 8th Avenue, New York.
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Photomontage shows portraits of 49 Confederate Army and Navy officers.
Public domain photograph - group portrait, 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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