User talk:Crfarris

Picture of Dead Confederate at Petersburg[edit]

I have just one question, upon a close examination of the photo of the individual I see that he is wearing a US breast plate insigia. Has anyone else noticed this or made any comments about this matter? If the breast plate is accurate this was probably a Union soldier. The uniform looks more like the Confederates of the time. Very few had official CSA garb. Just curious. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Crfarris (talk • contribs) 21:48, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Are you referring to the photograph in the Siege of Petersburg article? I have never been very good at photographic interpretation personally. The caption on the photo is based on the title of the photograph at the Library of Congress: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/h?pp/PPALL:@field(NUMBER+@band(cwpb+02567)) and that is about all I can tell you. Hal Jespersen (talk) 23:47, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]