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Maxey, Honorable Samuel Bell, Sen of Texas, General in Confederate Army, March 19, 1875

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Maxey, Honorable Samuel Bell, Sen of Texas, General in Confederate Army, March 19, 1875

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A black and white photo of a man sitting in a chair.

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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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01/01/1865
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Library of Congress
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