Confederate cavalryman posing with shotgun

[frontrank2]

IMHO, this was probably the gun he actually used in combat, not a photographer's prop. But I could be wrong.

 

[HardeeBoy]

Seen this fellow before. He'll haunt you if you stare too long.

 

[DixieRifles]

Seen this fellow before. He'll haunt you if you stare too long.

I bet it was at Wal-Mart.

 

[DixieRifles]

Seriously, though, I wonder if it was a prop. A shotgun would be a common civilian gun to have handy. I don't any shoulder bag for his ammo so it makes me think he walked into the studio with no accoutrements.

But what is that hat? It looks like a Kepi with a dark band that is higher than the sweat band. It looks more like a WW2 Japanese hat.

 

[tryagain]

There was a print that appeared on back cover of CWTI--Herb Peck Collection
ANy name of subject or photographer?

 

[1842]

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IMHO, this was probably the gun he actually used in combat, not a photographer's prop. But I could be wrong.

That's the real thing. I first saw this picture about 40 years ago and has always been one of my favorites. I had family that would have looked like him. I also have a Confederate shotgun passed down to me.

 

[1842]

I bet it was at Wal-Mart.

Did you know that four of the 15 richest people in the world are Walmart people?

 

[observator]

The identity of this Johnny Reb is.....
cavalryman John Dupont[e?] of Dartmouth, Alabama with muzzle-loading shotgun and a "Square D" handle Bowie knife'; he served in Lewis Battalion, Alabama Cavalry

 

[JerryD]

I was looking at that "knife" and wondering if it was a naval cutlass. Seems to be pretty long to be called a knife.

 

[R. Porter]

Did you know that four of the 15 richest people in the world are Walmart people?

Greeters?

 

[R. Porter]

I was looking at that "knife" and wondering if it was a naval cutlass. Seems to be pretty long to be called a knife.

You need to go back and watch Crocodile Dundee when he walks down the street in New York City with his girlfriend.

 

[RedRover]

I was looking at that "knife" and wondering if it was a naval cutlass. Seems to be pretty long to be called a knife.

The bigger the better for the Confederate bowie knives!

A.D. Safford, 1st Alabama Volunteers.

 

[C. Cash]

Many Confederate Cavalrymen in the West started with a double shotgun. By 1864 the Cavalry had largely abandoned these and carried rifles: Lorenz and Enfields in different configurations. These were much more useful in fighting dismounted against Infantry as had become the norm.

 

[Robert Gray]

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IMHO, this was probably the gun he actually used in combat, not a photographer's prop. But I could be wrong.

This image was originally part of the Herb Peck collection.

 

[JoeCollector]

The bigger the better for the Confederate bowie knives!

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A.D. Safford, 1st Alabama Volunteers.

So the man in this picture A.D. Safford is known to be an Alabama soldier for sure? So can I assume this specific pictured d-guard to be made in Alabama? Is the bowie an arsenal made knife or blacksmith? Does anyone know the maker? Thanks in advance.

 

[RedRover]

So the man in this picture is known to be an Alabama soldier for sure? So can I assume the d-guard to be made in Alabama? Is the bowie an arsenal made knife or blacksmith? Does anyone know the maker? Thanks in advance.

From Confderate chaplain T.W. Caskey, post-war, in his memoir "Seventy Years in Dixie:"

Col. Fremantle of the British Army reported by mid-1863:

From Confederate Veteran magazine, 1927:

There are some books on Confederate bowie knives and the various makers, at least those who are identified:

Melton, Confederate Bowies, Amazon

 

[Reconstructed Rebel]

From The Local News, Alexandria, VA, December 7,1861

The Legislature of Alabama has appropriated $6,000 for the purpose of arming the 48th Regiment Alabama militia, a Mo-bile, with pikes and bowie-knives.

https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov

 

[Pollaco]

If you want a haunting stare get the picture of Terry's Texas Rangers

 

[Rhea Cole]

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IMHO, this was probably the gun he actually used in combat, not a photographer's prop. But I could be wrong.

Compared with the original image down thread, the retouched image has been erroneously flopped left to right. When "floated" onto a metal plate the result is a mirror image flopped by the camera lens. With a glass plate, the printed image is oriented naturally. A close look at the original collar button, the right hand near the trigger guard & canteen on left side indicates they are properly oriented.

 

[JoeCollector]

From Confderate chaplain T.W. Caskey, post-war, in his memoir "Seventy Years in Dixie:"

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Col. Fremantle of the British Army reported by mid-1863:
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From Confederate Veteran magazine, 1927:
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There are some books on Confederate bowie knives and the various makers, at least those who are identified:

Melton, Confederate Bowies, Amazon

Thank you. Any specific reference elsewhere to Alabama made knives? I have the Melton book.