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The following letter was auctioned on eBay (Feb 2007). As listed, the seller did not know the identity of the soldier writing. I figured out it was Lewis W. Campbell of the 11th Maine Infantry. His identity was verified by comparing names of people mentioned in the letter with records on Civil War Data.
Campbell was 21 years old when he enlisted 8/11/62 as a private. His residence was listed as Machias, Maine. He mustered out 2/2/66. His record indicates he was sick and in a hospital in Yorktown, VA, sometime in 1862. He was wounded 8/16/64 in Deep Bottom Run, VA. Campbell was promoted to sergeant in 1863, which was his rank at the time of this letter (2/10/64). On 4/17/65 he was promoted to 2nd Lt. and transferred from Company B to Company A.
In February 1864, Campbell’s regiment (the 11th ME) was part of The Department of the South, Northern District (Corps), Morris Island Division, 1st Brigade.
In the letter he mentions his regiment has only had two men killed since engaging at Fort Morris. Indeed, my research shows they were Horace F. Albee from East Machias, Maine; and Bradley L. Kimball from Hermon, Maine. Albee was a member of Company C., and was killed 12/8/63. Kimball was a member of Company E.
In the letter he mentions Captain Baldwin & Capt Mudgett. Baldwin is Charles Pierce Baldwin of New Sharon, ME; who was 26 years old when he enlisted on 9/8/62 as Captain. Baldwin went on to become a Briagdier-General and a Lt. Col. His brother was Brigadier-General William H. Baldwin of the 83rd Ohio. Baldwin’s picture is right.
Captain Madgett is most certainly Captain Albert G. Mudgett who was 34 years old when he enlisted as a Captain from Newburg, ME., in 1861.
Campbell refers to the 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Infantry. The 3rd was part of the 3rd Battallion assigned to Morris Island from January to April 1864.
He mentions G. Strahan who “commanded the fort” [Fort Strong]. This is Charles G. Strahan who was from Providence, R.I., when he enlisted in August 1861 as a 2nd Lt. On November 15, 1863 he took command of the 3rd R.I. Heavy Artillery. He was made Captain 10/2/61.
The Official Records details the following of the 3rd R.I. Heavy Infantry and the engagement at Charleston the Winter of 1863/1864:
During the winter of 1863-4 a large part of the Regiment remained on Morris Island and was almost constantly, day and night, under fire.
SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HARBOR.-After the reduction of Sumter in October, 1863, even until the surrender of Charleston in February, 1865, several companies remained on Morris Island and manned the guns in Wagner, Chatfield, Gregg and the smaller batteries, which were equipped with 300, 200, 100 and 30 pounder Parrots and mortars, and were almost incessantly under fire in artillery contests with the forts in the harbor, Moultrie, Beauregard, Johnson and others, as also in shelling the city, firing sometimes 10,000 shot and shell a month. Men were lost, at times, almost daily. Even a synopsis of the varied and important services performed here by the Regiment, for a year and a half, would render this brief account of the history of the Regiment too extended. Such services require a separate book. During the spring and summer of 1864, the companies on Morris Island were E, F, H, I and DIP, under Lieut.-Col. Ames. Companies D, G, E and L were at Fort Pulaski, under Major Bailey. Battery A was in Florida and C in Virginia, and Co. B at Hilton Head, the headquarters of Col. Brayton, who was Chief of Artillery on the staff of Gen.Gillmore.
Source: Official Records
PAGE 320-65 S. C., FLA., AND ON THE GA. COAST. [CHAP. LIII.
[Series I. Vol. 35. Part I, Reports and Correspondence. Serial No. 65.]
Campbell also mentions Lt. L. Newcomb. This is Lemuel E. Newcomb who was 25 years old, hailing from East Machias, Maine, when he enlisted as a Sergeant into Company C, in early November 1861. Newcomb would later rise to Captain, and was wounded at Petersburg.
Cambell also mentions some men of the 11th Maine are relieving the 9th Maine as of February 1864. It appears that the 9th Maine had been at Morris Island since the previous July. Of the 9th Maine, the Union Army, Volume I, says the following about the 9th’s related activity to Charleston during this timeframe:
on June 24th went to St. Helena island as part of a force under Gen. Strong for the assault on Morris island, S. C. July 4 it went to Folly island, and on the 10th landed on Morris island, where it carried the enemy’s rifle pits in front of their works. The regiment formed a part of the assaulting forces in the attacks on Fort Wagner, July 11 and 18, and Sept. 6. Its casualties in the several assaults were over 300 men in killed, wounded and missing. The 9th continued at Black and Morris islands, S. C., until April 18, 1864.
Cambell also mentions a Major Wood. I have not been able to positively identify him in the Civil War Data records yet. My best estimate at this time is that he is referring to Charles I. Wood but that is uncertain.
Campbell refers to H. C. Adams who is identified as Henry C. Adams of Cherryfield, Maine, at the time of enlistment in 1861. Adams was a 1st Lt. in January 1864.
F. Mason (of Company B) is mentioned by Campbell. This is Fred T. Mason of Waterville, Maine. Mason was a 2nd Lt., at the time Campbell was writing.
Edward Smith of the 9th Maine is mentioned. It is uncertain who this is in the CWD database. It may be Edward M. Smith from Machias, Maine.
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Fort Strong
Morris Island
S.C.
Feb 10 1864
It has been a long time since I wrote you, for I have been so busy the most of the time that I have hardly had the time to devote to my own folks. That I wanted, for I want to write Mother as often as twice a week for I know that she worries more about me than there is any need of but I suppose that is natural. But this morning as I have a few hours that I can stop in my tent I shall try to give you some account of the 17th. Perhaps it will be interesting to you to know how the boys from down east are getting along.
We have moved quite a number of times since I joined the regiment. 13 different times I believe. So you see that we are used to moving. We left (somewhere), FLA the fifth day of Oct 1863. I landed here the 8th. The bombardment commenced the 26th of Oct & has been going on most all of the time since. Although for the last 2 or 3 weeks we have not fired a great deal. [11th Maine regimental flag at right]
Our Reg- has been very lucky since we came here for we have only had two men killed & 12 or 13 more wounded & have lost 7 or 8 by death. Our Reg- has numbered more for duty since we came here than for some time before. I think that it is very healthy here. But fear that it will not be this summer, for this island is something of a graveyard. After every rain storm we have a …. part out burying the bodys that wash out of the sand & in one place where we commence to dig a well we dug out a man’s boot with his foot in it.
You will see by the date of my letter that I am at Fort Strong [Formerly Fort Wagner] Companies of our Regiment came here the 23rd as Garrison … B. Captain Baldwin & Capt Madgett. There is also one co. of the 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery here in the fort. Of course you have had a better description of the place than I can give you. I therefore shall only say that it is the strongest & best earth work I have ever seen & everything looks neat and clean. Capt. (?) …G. Strahan of the 3rd command the Fort. He is a fine officer & is liked very much by his men. Capt. Baldwin is second in command. Leut L. Newcomb of … is attached to our Co-. * Companies of our Reg- leave the island today to relieve the 9th Maine on Black Island, while they go home on furlough. I believe that nearly all of the 9th are veterans. About 125 of our Reg- have reenlisted & I suppose will soon be furlough home. They will not let our company reenlist but if they had the chance I think every man would have done so.
Well 1/2 our time has expired & if they do by us as they promised to we shall get out next November. For that was the inducement held out that if we went into an old Regiment we should not have so long to serve. If you know how that is I wish you would inform us. We were paid off yesterday by Major Wood for the months of Nov & Dec 1863 & $20 of my wages are allotted to H.C. Adams. I wish you would tell him that I would like to know wether he has ever gotten any money from me or not. I have never heard wether my money that I allotted goes or not- Col. (?) is still in command of the first brigade & F. Mason of our company is on his staff. Leut H.C. Adams is acting Regimental (?) Master.
By the way our Reg- has got some recruits … I believe & from that number we got one in our co. they have been here about a week. I hear this morning that… a number of our recruits have the measles & one in the hospital.
Well something about our duty in the Fort. We have no night duty at all except when we are fighting. We do the guard duty during the day & are relieved at night by the picketts. Drill 2 hours a day on Artillery. Something quite new to me but I like it much. Garrison inspection twice a week & yesterday as we were paraded for inspection a shell burst over the fort & the pieces came in amongst us but fortunately no one was hurt. & but a few moments after it struck before the boys had in there arms. That’s the first one that has been thrown in to the Fort for sometime. It came from Fort Moultrie {Reb}. We have a fine view of the City of Charleston and hear there fire bells ringing most all of the time for our folks keep throwing a few shots at them & set some of their buildings on fire. By the aid of a good glass we can tell the time of day there from their clock.
Fort Sumter is 2600 yards from here & it looks ragged enough. We knocked the flag staff down a few days ago & I see now they have put up another with a new flag on it. Well it won’t stand long when we get to firing at it.
As it is nearly Drill time I must close hoping soon to hear from you. Give my respects to all ….. Capt Longfellow Co Adams … and tell me who is the next President. The soldiers all say Uncle Abe is the man. I believe that Edward Smith is in the 9th with me but I have not seen him yet. I have seen James Hathaway several times since he came out.
Major General Gillmore was here a few days ago & Admiral Dahlgren was here the 8th. They are both fine looking men.
Yours truly
Your obedient Servant
L[ewis] W Campbell
Serg … ….
Morris Island
Written on the front page of the letter sideways is this last note:
What are the prospects before us? Is the war soon to be closed up or will it live many years longer. I would like to have your opinion on the subject. I suppose before this reaches you, that you will George W Schopper of Jonesboro at home on a furlough from our company.
LW Campbell
Source: eBay auction item (February 2007)
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The 11th Maine Infantry was involved in the following engagements during the Civil War:
- Yorktown, VA – April 5 – May 4, 1862 (Peninsular Campaign)
- Williamsburg, VA – May 4, 1862 (Peninsular Campaign)
- Seven Pines, VA – May 31, 1862 (Peninsular Campaign)
- Bottom’s Bridge, VA – June 27-28, 1862 (Peninsular Campaign)
- White Oak Swamp, VA – June 30, 1862 (Peninsular Campaign)
- Malvern Hill, VA – July 2, 1862 (Peninsular Campaign)
- Gloucester Court House, VA – December 12, 1862
- In North Carolina – January – June 1863
- Fernandina, FL – July – October 1863
- At Morris Island, SC – October – December 1863
- At Black Island, SC – January – April 1864
- Chester Station, VA – May 7, 1864 (Petersburg Campaign)
- Bermuda Hundred, VA – May 17 – June 14, 1864 (Petersburg Campaign)
- Deep Bottom, VA – August 13-20, 1864 (Petersburg Campaign)
- New Market Heights, VA – September 28-30, 1864 (Petersburg Campaign)
- Petersburg Seige, VA – June 1864 – May 1865 (Petersburg Campaign)
- Darbytown Road, VA – October 13, 1864 (Petersburg Campaign)
- Hatchers Run, VA – December 8-9, 1864 (Petersburg Campaign)
- Fort Gregg, VA – April 2, 1865 (Appomattox Campaign)
- Fort Baldwin, VA – April 2, 1865 (Appomattox Campaign)
- Appomattox, VA – April 9, 1865 (Appomattox Campaign)
The 11th Maine mustered in 11/12/61 and mustered out February 2, 1866. The regiment lost 122 killed or died of wounds, and 237 died of disease.
A regimental history of the 11th Maine has been written:
ELEVENTH MAINE INFANTRY. THE STORY OF ONE REGIMENT; THE ELEVENTH MAINE INFANTRY VOLUNTEERS IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION.
By a committee of the Regimental Association. New York,1896. 435 Pages, plus 70 Page Roster. Portrait.
For information about the seige of Charleston, also see:
Gate of Hell: Campaign for Charleston, 1863. Stephen R. Wise.
The 11th Maine is mentioned on pages: 150, 169, 222, 235, 238, 239, 240, 261.
CDV of a 16th Connecticut Infantry Sergeant named Austin David Thompson. The subject is identified on back in pencil as follows: “Austin Thompson 16th Conn Vol.” The image bears the backmark of “Photographed by William A. Terry, Bristol, Conn.”
The Connecticut Historical Society has a collection featuring many of Thompson’s Civil War letters including one describing the battle of Antietam, another mentioning the charge of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry (Colored) at Fort Wagner, and one describing the execution of two substitutes for desertion.
Thompson was living in Bristol, Connecticut, when he enlisted on August 11, 1862, as a Private. On August 24 of that same year, he mustered into “K” Co. CT 16th Infantry. He was promoted to Corporal on April 2, 1863, and promoted to Sergeant on February 24, 1864. He was captured at Plymouth, North Carolina, on April 20, 1864, and made a prisoner of war. He was discharged on June 8, 1865.
The Connecticut 16th Infantry saw action at, amongst others, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Edenton Road, Providence Church Road, and Plymouth. The 16th had 436 men killed or captured at Plymouth.
CDV of Admiral David Glasgow Farragut.
David Glasgow Farragut (July 5, 1801 – August 14, 1870) was the senior officer of the U.S. Navy during the American Civil War. He was the first rear admiral, vice admiral, and full admiral of the Navy. He is remembered in popular culture for his famous order at the Battle of Mobile Bay, “Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!” though some have claimed he did not say the famous quotation.
Early Life and Naval Career
Farragut was born to Jorge and Elizabeth Farragut at Campbell’s Station, near Knoxville, Tennessee, where his father was serving as a cavalry officer in the Tennessee militia. Jorge Farragut Mesquida (1755 – 1817), a Spanish–Catalan merchant captain from Minorca, had previously joined the American Revolutionary cause. David’s birth name was James, but it was changed in 1812, following his adoption by future naval Captain David Porter in 1808 (which made him the foster brother of future Civil War Admiral David Dixon Porter).
David Farragut entered the Navy as a midshipman on December 17, 1810. In the War of 1812, when only 12 years old, he was given command of a prize ship taken by USS Essex and brought her safely to port. He was wounded and captured during the cruise of the Essex by HMS Phoebe in Valparaiso Bay, Chile, on March 28, 1814, but was exchanged in April 1815. Through the years that followed, in one assignment after another, he showed the high ability and devotion to duty that would allow him to make a great contribution to the Union victory in the Civil War and to write a famous page in the history of the United States Navy.
Civil War
In command of the West Gulf Blockading Squadron, with his flag in USS Hartford, in April 1862 he ran past Fort Jackson and Fort St. Philip and the Chalmette, Louisiana, batteries to take the city and port of New Orleans, Louisiana, on April 29 that year, a decisive event in the war. Later that year he passed the batteries defending Vicksburg, Mississippi. Port Hudson fell to him July 9, 1863.
On August 5, 1864, Farragut won a great victory in the Battle of Mobile Bay. Mobile, Alabama, at the time was the Confederacy’s last major port open on the Gulf of Mexico. The bay was heavily mined (tethered naval mines were known as torpedoes at the time). Farragut ordered his fleet to charge the bay. When the monitor USS Tecumseh struck a mine and sank the others began to pull back. According to legend, Farragut (who was lashed to the rigging of his flagship the USS Hartford) shouted down the order, “Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!” The bulk of the fleet succeeded in entering the bay.
Farragut then triumphed over the opposition of heavy batteries in Fort Morgan and Fort Gaines to defeat the squadron of Admiral Franklin Buchanan.
His country honored its great sailor after New Orleans by creating for him the rank of rear admiral on July 16, 1862, a rank never before used in the U.S. Navy. (Before this time, the American Navy had resisted the rank of admiral, preferring the term “flag officer”, to separate it from the traditions of the European navies.) He was promoted to vice admiral on December 21, 1864, and to full admiral on July 25, 1866, after the war.
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Farragut
2nd New Hampshire Infantry Private named Abner Durgin who ultimately became a 1st Lieutenant. The CDV bears the backmark of “Photographed by Herman J. Currier, Fisherville, N.H.”
Durgin was born in Concord, New Hampshire, in 1840 and still living there when he enlisted on May 21, 1861, as a Private. On June 3, 1861, he mustered into “E” Co. NH 2nd Infantry. He re-enlisted on January 1, 1864, and was promoted to Quarter Master Sergeant on February 1, 1864, and transferred from company E to Field & Staff. He was promoted to 1st Lieutenant and Quartermaster on June 24, 1864. He was discharged on December 19, 1865, and thereafter lived in Concord.
During Durgin’s service, the New Hampshire 2nd Infantry saw action at, amongst others: First Bull Run, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Oak Grove (where it saw heavy losses), Glendale, Malvern Hill, Kettle Run, Second Bull Run, Chantilly, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Wapping Heights, Swift Creek, Drewry’s Bluff, and Cold Harbor.
CDV of a Pennsylvania 141st Infantry Captain named Edwin Spalding who was wounded in action at Chancellorsville and also at the Battle of the Wilderness. The CDV bears a pencil identification on back of “Capt. Edwin Spalding 141st Penna Vol.”
Spalding was from Bradford County, Pennsylvania, and enlisted on August 21, 1862, as a 1st Lieutenant and was commissioned into “I” Co., PA 141st Infantry. He was promoted to Captain on December 10, 1862. He was wounded in action on May 3, 1863, at Chancellorsville and wounded in action again at the Battle of the Wilderness on May 6, 1864. He was discharged on December 16, 1864. This Historical Data Systems printout will also be provided to the buyer.
The Pennsylvania 141st Infantry was composed of recruits from Bradford, Susquehanna, and Wayne counties. They saw their first serious action at the Battle of Chancellorsville, where the 141st Pennsylvania was heavily engaged, sustaining its chief losses in a desperate charge on the morning of the third day of the battle, where it fought with great courage and lost 235 killed, wounded, and missing out of 419 in action.
The regiment also saw action at Gettysburg on July 2 in position at the angle of Sickles’ line, on the right of the Peach Orchard, the most exposed part of the whole field. The 141st sustained fearful losses there. It went into action with 198 men, and 136 were killed, wounded, or missing, some 70 per cent of its numbers. In the ensuing Virginia campaigns, the 141st was engaged at Kelly’s Ford and Locust Grove.
They fought again the following year at the Battle of the Wilderness, where the 141st captured 50 prisoners and the colors of the 13th N. C. It was also fiercely engaged at the Po River and a few days later at the “bloody angle.” The 141st was first to plant its colors on the enemy’s works in a gallant charge at the North Anna River.
More severe fighting followed at Cold Harbor. By July 1 of 1864, the regiment had only seven of its 39 original officers. During the balance of the year, it was engaged at Deep Bottom, Strawberry Plains, and on the Weldon Railroad in both October and again in December.
Mathew Brady Civil War CDV of famous Admiral David Dixon Porter.
David Dixon Porter (June 8, 1813 – February 13, 1891) was a United States admiral who became one of the most noted naval heroes of the Civil War.
Porter was one of the first U.S. Navy officers to bear the rank of admiral; prior to the Civil War, no officer had held a rank higher than commodore, as admiral was considered to have royalist connotations.
In 1861, Porter joined the Navy’s Gulf Squadron in command of the USS Powhatan. He was promoted to commander on April 22, 1861, and to captain on February 7, 1863. He took part in the 1862 expedition up the Mississippi River against New Orleans, in command of 21 mortar boats and several steamers. Aboard his flagship, USS Black Hawk, he commanded the Mississippi River Squadron during the Vicksburg Campaigns in 1862–63 and during the Red River Campaign in 1864. Porter was conspicuous in the siege of Vicksburg, was wounded in his head during the amphibious operations at Grand Gulf, Mississippi, on April 20, 1863, and received promotion to rear admiral on July 4, 1863, the day of the Confederate surrender of Vicksburg. He received the Thanks of Congress in April 1864, “for all the eminent skill, endurance, and gallantry exhibited by him and his squadron, in cooperation with the Army, in the opening of the Mississippi River.”
During 1864 Porter commanded the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron and took part in the capture of Fort Fisher in January 1865. He once again received the thanks of Congress:
… to rear Admiral David D. Porter, and to the officers, petty officers, seamen, and Marines under his command, for the unsurpassed gallantry and skill exhibited by them in the attacks on Fort Fisher, and the brilliant and decisive victory by which that important work was captured from the rebel forces and placed in the possession of the United States; and for their long and faithful services and unwavering devotion to the cause of the country in the midst of great difficulties and dangers.
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Dixon_Porter
Cox was living in Darlington, Indiana, when he enlisted on January 30, 1864, as a 1st Sergeant and was mustered into “B” Co. IN 120th Infantry. He was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant on May 1, 1864, and to 1st Lieutenant on September 30, 1864. His discharge information is lacking.
The 120th was organized over the winter of 1863-64 and left the state on March 20, 1864. It first saw action at Rocky Face Ridge, joining in the charge which routed the Confederates. It then participated in the assault of Kennesaw Mountain and in the battle before Atlanta in July. It was in the siege of Atlanta and engaged at Jonesboro and Lovejoy’s Station. It moved in pursuit of Hood in October as far as Summerville. It was then detached from Sherman’s army, ordered to Nashville, and became involved in skirmishes at Columbia and in the battle at Franklin, where the 120th lost 48 men who were killed or wounded. When it reached Nashville, it took part in the battle of December 15 and 16, joining in pursuit of Hood’s retreating forces. The following year, the 120th proceeded to New Berne, North Carolina. It was in a sharp fight at Wise’s Forks when a furious assault was repulsed with heavy loss on the Confederate side. Joining the forces under Gen. Cox at Kinston, it moved to Goldsboro, meeting Sherman’s army which had arrived from Fayetteville.
Abraham Lincoln: 1/4th Plate Tintype, Showing Him Seated in the Famed “Brady Chair”. This image was shot by Alexander Gardner on November 8, 1863. The studio chair had formerly been in use at the U.S. House of Representatives.
1/6th Plate Melainotype of C.S.A. Lt. Colonel Gilbert Moxley Sorrel. This image dates to 1863-1864 when Sorrel was a senior officer on the staff of Lt. General James Longstreet.
He is wearing a colonel’s double-breasted gray uniform coat with three stars on the collar.
Sorrel’s kepi, however, remains regulation headgear being well-endowed with braid. His belt rig is secured with a Model 1851 Federal sword belt plate having an eagle device with an applied silver wreath.
His military career began as a private in the Georgia Hussars, an early colonial unit still active in today’s Georgia National Guard. Sorrel’s well-placed connections landed him on Longstreet’s staff at First Manassas.
He served at the general’s side for over three years, being wounded at Sharpsburg and Gettysburg. In October, 1864 Colonel Sorrel was promoted to Brigadier General. He left Longstreet to command a brigade of Georgians attached to Mahone’s Division.
General Sorrel was lightly wounded at Petersburg and returned to the field only to receive a bullet through a lung on February 7, 1865 at Hatcher’s Run. This, Sorrel’s fourth wound, effectively kept him low for the duration of the war. After Appomattox, Sorrel resumed a working patrician’s life in Savannah. His highly praised memoirs, Recollections of a Confederate Staff Officer, were published posthumously in 1905.
Confederate 1/6th Plate Ambrotypes of Alabama Brothers housed together in Double Union Case. The sitter on the left had the foresight to scratch his name – M. Shuttleworth – into the field of his portrait. Professional research reveals him to be Morgan Shuttleworth, Co. “H”, 36th Alabama Infantry.
The fellow in the second image, although not identified, is certainly Shuttleworth’s brother given their shared features. In fact, it is plausible that the second image is that of an identical twin!
1850 Census records show Morgan Shuttleworth to have been one of eight children in the Bibb County, Alabama household of John and Molly Shuttleworth. Further investigation should reveal the identity of his look-alike brother-in-arms.
The 36th Alabama, formed in Mt. Vernon, Alabama in May, 1862, spent nearly a year in the vicinity of Mobile before heading north to join the Army of Tennessee outside of Atlanta.
Shuttleworth’s Service Record indicates that, as a recently exchanged POW, he was hospitalized in May, 1864 for what was likely an unhealed gunshot wound to the chest and shoulder. The circumstances and timing of Shuttleworth’s ailment should suggest he was shot during the Battle of Resaca in Georgia. He died the following month.
The brothers are wearing matching militia shell jackets tailored in dark cloth with tinted red piping and three rows of buttons. The buttons on Morgan Shuttleworth’s jacket are not painted and have visible eagles on the face. It is highly likely that these are AVC (Alabama Volunteer Corps) buttons as opposed to common Federal types.
Both men have light military trousers with one pair sporting a tinted red stripe. Good old Southern slouch hats top off these defenders of Dixie. Morgan’s as-yet unidentified brother is double-armed with a menacing D-guard bowie knife and a pocket revolver.
