What does this photo show?

[MrMike]

This is zero political in nature so I put it here. Specifically, I want to ask BD (as he is also a civil war historian type). I think I know what it shows, but want to ask your opinion.

@bdtex

 

[bdtex]

This is the whole picture. The men are sitting on logs. That was my first thought.

 

[bdtex]

Those are Union soldiers. The best research I can do now says that was taken during the Peninsula Campaign in 1862 before the Emancipation Proclamation was issued. Runaway/lberated slaves were still considered to be contraband.. I might try later to see if that photo is in the Library Of Congress(LOC) archives.

 

[JackDallas]

Those are Union soldiers. The best research I can do now says that was taken during the Peninsula Campaign in 1862 before the Emancipation Proclamation was issued. Runaway/lberated slaves were still considered to be contraband.. I might try later to see if that photo is in the Library Of Congress(LOC) archives.

The two men on the left are probably not soldiers. Most likely they are government workers, drovers, wagon handlers, blacksmiths, etc. The black man could be a slave or an orderly. The kid could be his son or a camp helper, cleaning, fetching, stuff and such.

 

[bdtex]

The two men on the left are probably not soldiers.

Yeah. I meant the men in uniform. Can't see all of him but the adult black male appears to be fairly well dressed and has shoes on.

 

[JackDallas]

Yeah. I meant the men in uniform. Can't see all of him but the adult black male appears to be fairly well dressed and has shoes on.

Strange hat he's wearing. I've never seen one like that from the ACW.

 

[bdtex]

The kid could be his son or a camp helper, cleaning, fetching, stuff and such.

Unless he's asleep,it doesn't appear that he's real happy to be where he is.

 

[PhilFish]

This is the whole picture. The men are sitting on logs. That was my first thought.

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Cumberland landing Virginia..tap and hold and you can search for like images on google

http://goodizen.com/cumberland-landing-virginia-group-at-follers-farm-with-freed-slaves-stereograph-by-james-f-gibson-1862-1460x1400/

 

[bdtex]

Cumberland landing Virginia.

Peninsula Campaign

 

[PhilFish]

Peninsula Campaign

Ah, thanks.. sorry.

 

[PhilFish]

Peninsula Campaign

Dudes got no irisis. Walking dead?

 

[JackDallas]

Unless he's asleep,it doesn't appear that he's real happy to be where he is.

Yeah, it does look like he might be asleep. It looks like the man is sitting on the boy's shoulders but I know he must be sitting on a chair or a stump.

 

[bdtex]

Yeah, it does look like he might be asleep. It looks like the man is sitting on the boy's shoulders but I know he must be sitting on a chair or a stump.

He's sitting on the same thing the man in the middle is sitting on.

 

[JackDallas]

Cumberland landing Virginia..tap and hold and you can search for like images on google

http://goodizen.com/cumberland-landing-virginia-group-at-follers-farm-with-freed-slaves-stereograph-by-james-f-gibson-1862-1460x1400/

What, exactly, was it about my comment ( post #4) that you disliked? There was no political or otherwise derogatory content in it. WTF?

 

[bdtex]

Cumberland landing Virginia..tap and hold and you can search for like images on google

http://goodizen.com/cumberland-landing-virginia-group-at-follers-farm-with-freed-slaves-stereograph-by-james-f-gibson-1862-1460x1400/

I really would like to find it in the Library Of Congess archives if it is there.

 

[PhilFish]

What, exactly, was it about my comment ( post #4) that you disliked? There was no political or otherwise derogatory content in it. WTF?

Whoa.. fatfinger. My bad. It's gone.

 

[MrMike]

I have a friend that said the photo was a Confederate soldier sitting on a slave and I said nope... looks like a union soldier preparing a quick field dressing (kid holding the binding strip).

 

[MrMike]

This is the whole picture. The men are sitting on logs. That was my first thought.

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Thank you

 

[bdtex]

looks like a union soldier preparing a quick field dressing (kid holding the binding strip).

Is that what that is? I couldn't make out what he is holding.

 

[MrMike]

Is that what that is? I couldn't make out what he is holding.

Yeah. I went back to look at old civil war era field bandages and to me it looks like he’s treating her head.