Seeking Possible Identification? : Graphic!

[Johnny_Reb_1865]

I'm sure most of you are familiar with the famous photo of dead Confederates who were photographed along the Hagerstown Pike at Sharpsburg.

These men were members of Starke's Louisiana Brigade who were made up of the following units.

10th Louisiana Infantry
15th Louisiana Infantry
1st Louisiana (Zouaves) Infantry Battalion
1st Louisiana Volunteer Infantry
2nd Louisiana Infantry
9th Louisiana Infantry

In the photograph there is the body of a Confederate sergeant. So I did some research and narrowed it down to the following men.

Antietam: Sgt A. B. C. Davis

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Antietam: Sgt Samuel Kearney

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Antietam: Pvt Philip Georges

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Antietam: Sgt George F. Richardson

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Antietam: Sgt John Ryan

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Antietam: Sgt Charles Henry Clay Trabue

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Antietam: Sgt William T. Clack

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Antietam: Sgt Alexander Feuga

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Any thoughts on which soldier the unfortunate could be?

 

[repman66]

I believe this photo has been discovered to be staged. I can try and find the original article if you'd like.

Please do! They look pretty dead to me. I have been trying to find the original article from ?2021 announcing their discovery but I cannot.

 

[repman66]

The Center for Civil War Photography

MYSTERY PHOTO OF CONFEDERATE DEAD The cover story in the August 2020 issue of Battlefield Photographer (The Journal of The Center for Civil War Photography) features a far better quality image of the...

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Found it - August 2020 issue of Battlefield Photographer (The Journal of The Center for Civil War Photography).

 

[gbeardsley]

The Center for Civil War Photography

MYSTERY PHOTO OF CONFEDERATE DEAD The cover story in the August 2020 issue of Battlefield Photographer (The Journal of The Center for Civil War Photography) features a far better quality image of the...

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Found it - August 2020 issue of Battlefield Photographer (The Journal of The Center for Civil War Photography).

Thanks! I think I was mistaken as I was thinking of a different photo I came across a while ago. Great find and great read!

 

[13 IL Cav & 64 GA Inf]

A lot of folk wonder why many of the 'starving Rebs' looked well fed in these photos. They certainly were bloated, but not fatty or well-fed, just one of the biological stages of decomposition. as I said earlier, the clean-up happened a long time after the battle.

Valid point.

 

[Stryker65]

Antietam: Sgt A. B. C. Davis

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I don't mean to be crass, but ... A B C D???

 

[Johnny_Reb_1865]

I don't mean to be crass, but ... A B C D???

Some men had four names back then. Take General J. E. B. Stuart for example. His full name was James Ewell Brown Stuart. It was uncommon but not unheard of.

 

[Stryker65]

Some men had four names back then. Take General J. E. B. Stuart for example. His full name was James Ewell Brown Stuart. It was uncommon but not unheard of.

No, I know that. It's just funny to have a name's initials be the first four letters of the alphabet.

 

[Johnny_Reb_1865]

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One soldier in another photograph has a coverlet in the "Pine Cone Bloom" pattern.

I did some quick research and found that that specific type of weave was quite popular in the Shenandoah valley. Any idea if General Starke's brigade was stationed in the valley prior to the Maryland Campain?

 

[Trooper "D"]

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One soldier in another photograph has a coverlet in the "Pine Cone Bloom" pattern.

I did some quick research and found that that specific type of weave was quite popular in the Shenandoah valley. Any idea if General Starke's brigade was stationed in the valley prior to the Maryland Campain?

Wow, sharp eye and thanks for researching that little piece of evidence and sharing it.
Cheers!

 

[gbeardsley]

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One soldier in another photograph has a coverlet in the "Pine Cone Bloom" pattern.

I did some quick research and found that that specific type of weave was quite popular in the Shenandoah valley. Any idea if General Starke's brigade was stationed in the valley prior to the Maryland Campain?

I think some of the regts were under gen Taylor in Jackson's valley campaign, will try and double check later today

 

[Stryker65]

I think some of the regts were under gen Taylor in Jackson's valley campaign, will try and double check later today

The entirety of Jackson's old division -- apart from the 47th and 48th Alabama -- had served in the Valley Campaign.

 

[Johnny_Reb_1865]

The entirety of Jackson's old division -- apart from the 47th and 48th Alabama -- had served in the Valley Campaign.

Did that include any Louisiana regiments?

 

[Johnny_Reb_1865]

Wow, sharp eye and thanks for researching that little piece of evidence and sharing it.
Cheers!

You're welcome! Just thought that'd be of interest here.

Here's a reproduction made by BB Tart.

 

[rpkennedy]

Did that include any Louisiana regiments?

Some of Starke's Brigade and some of Hays' Brigade.

Ryan

Edit as a follow up:

6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th Louisiana

 

[gbeardsley]

I think if we want a shot at identifying who this unfortunate soldier may be, we would have to reach out to family genealogists. IF the soldier is from the 9th, there is only one sergeant known to have been killed, which is Rueben Tucker Raborn, from Company H. I believe there is a family history somewhere online that I stumbled across a few months ago, if we reach out to them we could be able to find a photograph of Raborn.

 

[Stryker65]

Did that include any Louisiana regiments?

In the 1862 Valley campaign, Jackson's command consisted of his own division -- three brigades of Virginians -- and General Ewell's division -- two brigades of Virginians, one brigade of Louisianans, and one brigade of mixed-state troops.

In the post-Peninsula reorganizations, Ewell's division was specifically reorganized: the two brigades of Virginians were consolidated and the Louisiana brigade (Taylor's) was transferred to Jackson's division; their places were taken by two new brigades of North Carolinians and Georgians. After Taylor's promotion, W. E. Starke of the 55th Virginia took command of the brigade.

 

[gbeardsley]

I've reached out to the Raborn family and there is a photo of R.T. Raborn that will be emailed over soon that hopefully I can post here!

 

[on again]

I've reached out to the Raborn family and there is a photo of R.T. Raborn that will be emailed over soon that hopefully I can post here!

He has a Find a grave memorial 191959899 can you download it to the memorial please?

 

[Johnny_Reb_1865]

I've reached out to the Raborn family and there is a photo of R.T. Raborn that will be emailed over soon that hopefully I can post here!

Thanks! Would love to see it!

 

[Johnny_Reb_1865]

Some of Starke's Brigade and some of Hays' Brigade.

Ryan

Edit as a follow up:

6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th Louisiana

That means that the blanket soldier was a member of the 9th Louisiana due to the source of the pattern. Pretty neat.

As for the Sergeant I think it's Sergeant Alexander Feuga personally.