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[Unidentified soldier in Confederate artillery uniform with large Bowie knife]
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Case: Berg, no. 1-142.
Attributed to Charles Rees by former owner.
Badge for 1907 reunion of United Confederate Veterans, Richmond, found in case, processed as LOT 14043-1, no. 10.
Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105).
Purchased from: The Historical Shop, Metairie, La., 2010.
Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress).
Exhibited: "The Last Full Measure : Civil War Photographs from the Liljenquist Family Collection" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2011.
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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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