![]() ![]() ![]() In Philip Katcher's article in the September-October (1984) issue of Military Images, he studied photos of Eastern soldiers with six or more field soldiers in each image. What did the common Union Infantryman look like? One would expect to find the most insignia on the "Band Box” Army of the Potomac. If the kepi or forage cap has a corps badge, a company letter, a regimental number, and a brass bugle, it is surely a Reenactor. If the man is wearing a brass bugle on his kepi or forage cap, chances are that it is a photo of a Reenactor. How? The answer is easy: look at the hat. When a person looks at a photo of a Civil War soldier, somehow they can always tell if he is a real 19 th century soldier or a Reenactor. (Originally Published in the Camp Chase Gazette March, 1991) Welcome to The Perryville Civil War Battlefield Website ![]()
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