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I am always mesmerized by historic photos and videos chronicling bygone life.
Note: there is only one picture of a Confederate soldier, as a prisoner with Custer.
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At 5:09 is a good closeup of a Parrott Rifle. The rifling is visible at the muzzle.
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There were some pretty cool pics there, interesting.
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Outstanding - thanks for putting that up.
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Note: there is only one picture of a Confederate soldier
Is that because the confederates didn't like colored people?
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Note: there is only one picture of a Confederate soldier
Is that because the confederates didn't like colored people?
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I wouldn't say that. Confederates put value on them and paid for them. The union wanted them to be free.
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Outstanding - thanks for putting that up.
You're welcome.
Slaves get what they need. Free men get what they want.
Rehabilitation is way overrated.
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Note: there is only one picture of a Confederate soldier
Is that because the confederates didn't like colored people?
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I think it's because the winners get to write history.
Slaves get what they need. Free men get what they want.
Rehabilitation is way overrated.
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Note: there is only one picture of a Confederate soldier
Is that because the confederates didn't like colored people?
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I think it's because the winners get to write history.
I love the joke by Burley Boy but the most likely reason there's only one picture of Rebel Soldiers is because the person making the compilation chose these pictures. Also, as one would expect, there aren't near as many images for us to choose from the South as they had no money and pictures cost money.
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Thanks for posting this, LD. I thought it pretty interesting, especially the gunboats and the artillery. The Southern economy, especially after 1862, didn’t allow most folks much in the way of luxuries like photographs and such. Happily there are pictures of most of the top Generals. The Gettysburg book shop used to have postcards with Generals from both sides. I don’t know if they still do. Heck, as a kid I had W S Hancock and Old Pete on the wall above my bed.😀 Reon
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Actually in this case the loosers wrote the history.
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That was fascinating, thanks for posting it. Colorizing really brings that stuff to life.
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Actually in this case the loosers wrote the history.
And this Country would have been a much better place if the losers had won.
Much, much better.
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Everyone was pretty lean in those days.
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Actually in this case the loosers wrote the history.
And this Country would have been a much better place if the losers had won.
Much, much better.
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Imagine if the southern whites had farmed their cotton and not imported negros to do the work for them.
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Great pics . Makes you realize in the mechanics of time ,this just happened . I have pics of my Great Grandfather in uniform . He did not have the $300 to buy his way out of that stupid war .
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Note: there is only one picture of a Confederate soldier
Is that because the confederates didn't like colored people?
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I think it's because the winners get to write history.
This is true!
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Imagine if the southern whites had farmed their cotton and not imported negros to do the work for them.
My uncle had a bumper sticker on his truck that read;
If I knew it was going to be this much trouble I would have picked the cotton myself
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