Favorite Goofy Civil War Photos

Zack

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Apologies if this has been done already, but I thought it would be fun if everyone posts their favorite goofy Civil War photos. I'll post a few to kick it off:

Some soldiers showing off how big their cannons are:

Harrisburg, PA 1864
https://www.heinzhistorycenter.org/blog/western-pennsylvania-history/rodmans-big-gun
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Alexandria, Virginia, no date provided
https://www.loc.gov/item/2012646720/
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A Muss at Headquarters, Falmouth April 1863. Note how perfectly balanced everyone is to hold still for the photo:
https://www.loc.gov/item/2018671888/
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Looks like the two bottles of wine are being used as weapons - the one at top right is being swung as a club, and the one in the middle looks as though the bottom is broken out of it, and it could be used to slash. If this really is a fight over a bottle of wine, the fellow at the top right should "about face" and retreat at the double quick step with that wine!
 
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Note - I do not have a 'clean' version of this photo.
If this is a Jimmy Rustler, then exorcise as needed.​


"I'm tired, Colonel. I've had all of this army and all of these officers, this dam*ed Hooker, this dam*ed idiot Meade, all of them, the whole bloody lousy rotten mess of sick-brained, pot-bellied scabheads that ain't fit to lead a johnny detail, ain't fit to pour pee out of a boot with instructions on the heel."--Pvt. Bucklin
 
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Looks normal enough, until you start zooming in....

These men are toasting something. Between the barrel and the jug I think they're set for the day.
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The description I read said this fellow is pretending to play the fife behind his colonel's back...
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Don't think we forgot about you Mr. Sutler.
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One genuinely amazing aspect of this photo is the large number of black refugees/contrabands interspersed with the soldiers. I see adult men and even a few young boys far left.
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I can't tell if that's an umbrella or something else, and I certainly have no idea why the "colonel" (someone with a better eye for uniforms can confirm his rank) is holding his hand out like that.

[Group of officers and soldiers outside a sutler's store]
https://www.loc.gov/item/2013648649/
 
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