I'm asking CAN we Hold them?

[Nathan Stuart]

That bunch contains some 'mean-lookin' boys who look up for a hunt.

 

[bayouace]

"Kill-Patrick got sum gud men kilt."
Really authentic-looking photo.

 

[JOHN42768]

Are you sure this is the way to Sunday-Go-To-Meeting?

 

[13 IL Cav & 64 GA Inf]

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I think they are looking for my a union scouting party that included my great grandfather who was a corporal in the Union cavalry.

 

[Gettmore]

The Parade Ground

 

[bayouace]

A tented background sets it off.

 

[JOHN42768]

Straight grained timber

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

A tented background sets it off.

Straight grained timber

Yep.
The costal pine trees add a lot to the possible location.

My guess would be a Union camp a few miles inland from The Gulf of Mexico.
(Anywhere from the Florida Panhandle, Alabama, Mississippi or into the Florida Parishes of East Louisiana).

 

[on again]

modern reneactment

 

[13 IL Cav & 64 GA Inf]

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We're supposed to be here for a week or two before the corps heads out.

 

[Gettmore]

modern reneactment

Yes

 

[gc45]

Whatever its a wonderful photo, those trees are spectacular for those who don't live there.

 

[Gettmore]

cantt see hit

 

[bayouace]

Nice.
Who put them branches so low?

 

[JOHN42768]

Maneuvering through the maze

 

[Lampasas Bill]

Looks like it's time to update my contacts perscription.

 

[Gettmore]

Riderless

 

[JOHN42768]

It's been tough to find decent grass these days

 

[LCYingling3rd]

We were spectators at Cedar Creek and saw one of the Cavalry horses "bolt," hightailing it back toward the Cavalry camps quite riderless. A minute or so later one of the Cav, troopers made chase and galloped off in the same direction and returned a few minutes later leading the riderless steed back to its rider. I guess it happens.

Your picture is great. It reminds me of an actual occurrence during the original battle at Cedar Creek October 19, 1864. During the fighting up on Red Hill, behind Belle Grove where the 6th Corps had camped, an adjutant of the 9th NY Heavy Artillery was shot from his horse, and it bolted. The horse ended up stopping the battle for a time because it galloped riderless back and forth between the opposing armies as each army tried to call it into their lines. Finally, after about fifteen minutes of this it ended up back beside the adjutant - probably looking exactly like your photo.

 

[bayouace]

Realistic photo that probably happened many times during the war.