Clingman, Honorable Thomas Lanier of N.C. (General in the Confederate Army)
Summary
A black and white photo of a man in a suit.
Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
There are not many details distinguishing the Confederates from the Union soldiers in many of portrait photographs - they really were from the same country, the same culture. One of the differences that you do find is the less uniform appearance of Confederates: they are much less standard, often wearing bits and pieces of cast-off Union Army uniforms and often, even weaponry. One thing that’s specific to the Confederates is huge Bowie knives, humorously called ‘Arkansas toothpicks,’ often made by local blacksmiths.
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Date
01/01/1865
Source
Library of Congress
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