Trivia 1-5-18 Spot the Problems

[richard]

I can find two. Grant is looking at the camera and the men are looking away from him. Second, it that the horse and rider are "pasted" on the photo.

Edit - You're correct that these are two problems, but you would have needed to identify a third to get credit for a correct response.

hoosier

 

[JOHN42768]

Bonus: Captain David Acheson of the 140th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
source: https://www.gettysburgdaily.com/the...-states-avenue-to-the-wheatfield-road-part-3/

 

[connecticut yankee]

The characters on the Acheson Rock near the John T. Weikert House, are considered to be one of the earliest rock carvings, if not the earliest rock carving on the Gettysburg Battlefield. The letters are D. A. for Captain David Acheson of the 140th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. The letters P.V. represent "Pennsylvania Volunteers." The carving "D A" was made to mark the burial location of his body a couple of days after he was killed on July 2, 1863. The John T. Weikert Barn is in the right background.This view from the History of the One Hundred and Fortieth Pennsylvania Volunteers was taken facing southeast circa 1912.

 

[truthckr]

there are a number of errors
1) Grant's face was superimposed from a photo taken near Cold Harbor
2) The assembled troops are actually Confederate prisoners capture at Fisher's Hill by Sheriden
3) The horse Grant is sitting on is actually a photo of Maj Gen A. M. McCook on horseback

bonus: Captain David Acheson of the 140th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry

 

[hoosier]

Main question: This is a composite picture, with portions taken from several pictures. Features that do not relate to Grant addressing Union soldiers at City Point are; (1) The picture of Grant's head was actually taken at Cold Harbor; (2) The body and the horse actually belong to Gen. Alexander McCook; (3) The soldiers in the background are actually Confederate prisoners captured at Fisher's Hill.

If any player cites the fact that the soldiers in the background are not looking at Grant, but are looking away from him while he was supposedly addressing them, I would accept that as one of the three "problems" with the photo - but the player would still have to name two other problems to get credit for a correct response.

Bonus: David Acheson of the 140th Pennsylvania Volunteers

 

[Iron Brigade]

Three problems with photo:
1. Grant's face is superimposed onto a photo of Gen. Alexander McCook sitting on a horse.
2. The Grant/McCook image sitting on the horse is superimposed onto the background of the photo.
3. The background of the photo is not City Point, VA, it is likely Fisher's Hill in 1864.

Bonus: Capt. David Acheson of the 140th PA regiment.

 

[Schwallanscher]

regular:

1. the guys being adressed by the general back to back (sic!) are actually confederate prisoners captured at the battle of fisher's hill, va under guard
2. the fat guy on the horse is major general alexander mcdowell mccook (at the time he was photographed a brigadeer general)
   
3. grant was a lieutenant general at that time
4. the horse is not cincinnati which it should be

source

bonus:

david Acheson

Edit - The bonus question also asked for identification of Acheson's regiment.

hoosier

 

[ErnieMac]

The following link connects to an article that suggests the photo in question was a composite. It suggests a number of reasons three of which follow:

• Grant's head is at an odd angle indicating it was superimposed on the body of another horseman. The article suggests the original photo subject Major General Alexander McCook.
• The stature of the horse does not match Grant's mounts at the time of the photo.
• The background photo shows Confederate prisoners at Front Royal.

http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/cwp/mystery.html

Bonus: Captain David Acheson, 140th Pennsylvania.

 

[ami]

Answers:
1. General Grant seems to have put on a lot of weight. That's because the body used in the photo actually belongs to Major General Alexander McCook.
2. The head is taken from a photo of the general outside his tent at Cold Harbor.
3.A nd what is supposed to be City Point in the background is actually a photo of Confederate prisoners captured at Fisher's Hill.
Source: 10 truly weird mysteries of the civil war.

bonus: Answer.

David Acheson Company C, 140th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry.

Source. https://www.gettysburgdaily.com/the...-states-avenue-to-the-wheatfield-road-part-3/

Edit - After reviewing all the answers that were given, I've decided that the following ten items can be considered problems with the picture in the main question.

1. Anything to do with Grant's head.
2. Anything to do with the fact that the body on the horse wasn't Grant's.
3. Anything to do with the fact that the horse wasn't Grant's
4. Anything to do with the fact that the background wasn't City Point.
5. The fact that the number of stars on the uniform didn't match Grant's rank.
6. The fact that the shadows on Grant don't match the shadows on the tents.
7. The fact that Grant didn't carry a sword.
8. The fact that the horse is "floating in the air."
9. The fact that the soldiers are not looking at Grant while he is supposedly addressing them.
10. The fact that the soldiers are seated with the general in the immediate vicinity.

hoosier