Great Photographs #2
This page is dedicated to great Spanish-American War and
Indian War photographs. Items appropriate for this page are: battle
pictures, close-ups of soldiers with accouterments such as belts,
canteens, satchels, saddles, carbine boots, encampments, tents, parades,
etc. If you have a photograph appropriate for this page, contact:
afrasca@erinet.com. Please leave an e-mail address or telephone
number so
that interested people will be able to contact you.
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At the base of the photograph is written Rasmussen (photographer)/1725
Seventh Avenue/Rock Island, Illinois. Please note that the cartouche on
the rifle is clearly visible, and the M1879 rear sight is easily
identified. The photo appears to have been taken outside with the
soldier resting one arm on a tree stump and grass at his feet.
However, a painted back drop was used. The photo
was
supplied by Dorothy Wiener. She says the name Wiener is written
on the back of the photo, and she thinks this image is of her Uncle
Edward Wiener. She would appreciate any input from veiwers that would
date or help her identify something on the soldier.
Also, the soldier had a brother named John, who lived in Hollywood, CA.
Any information on him would also be valuable. Tom Trevor looked at the
photo and made the following comments: Mr. Wiener has a sharpshooters
cross, rifle with bayonet, spike helmet,leather looped bayonet scabbard,
and white facings on the
uniform, so he is in
the
infantry. The sharpsooter's cross on Mr. Wiener is the same as the
one on Sgt. Coons
in GREAT PHOTOS #4. Doug McChristian believes the uniform, circa 1885-1900,
is that of an
Ordnance Corporal which would be consistent with the photo being from
the Rock Island area.
Photograph
from Dorothy Wiener at
dodowenr@dotnet.com.
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The photograph is of Ba-Cluth (Roaming Coyote) an Indian scout under
Generals Crook and Miles and a member of Chattos Band.
Note the trapdoor rifle with a M79 rear sight along with the belt
buckle. The buckle appears to be from a carbine sling. On page 281 of
Book I, the middle sling has been reported as issued to
Indian scouts. Possibly this is how they used them??? The second image is
the selection of Indian Photographs available
through the company known as Baker & Johnston Photographers in Evanston,
Wyoming.
Photograph and Image List
from Tom Trevor at
t405govt@aol.com.
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The photo of the District of Columbia Cadets have DCC in their cap
emblems,
and are armed
with either M73 or M84 cadet rifles and short cadet bayonets. Please note
that the rifles
have sling
swivels. At this time it is too early to conclude that sling swivels were
on cadet guns prior to 1888, but the photo seems to say that it is
possible. However, a pre 1888 dated cadet photograph would be a much
better way
of making a case for slings on early cadet rifles. Photograph from
Russell Willmon at
rwillmon@cats.ucsc.edu.
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On the back of the photo is written, "Photo of myself and Herb
McCarthy at Bismarck, D.T., Fort Lincoln." The intereting features of
this photograph are the cartridge boxes on the belts, and the center
troopers belt looks like a carbine sling (wide) turned into a belt., note
the metal tip on the tongue. Photograph from Tom Trevor at
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soldier
holding a Model 1873 rifle with a Model 1879 rear sight. The back of the
photo has the photographer's name and address: W. Ireland, West Side
Square, Walton, Mass. Photograph from Bill Chachula
at
usmilcol@adelphia.net
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The three cavalry men are armed with trapdoor rifles and have prairie
belts around their
waists. It is not clear if the bandoliers are cartridge belts or actually
bandoliers. The cartridge loops on a bandolier are longer than those on
a prairie belt. Also, the
bandoliers
have a very complicated three wire attachment system. I do not believe
they were issued to the U.S. Army. Photograph from Don Harpold
at
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of
this
photograph of four nation guard cavalrymen is (in
pencil),"#1 is Baker, I Troop, #2 is Dandas of I Troop,
#3
is Vezenia of I Troop, #4..." The name associated with Number 4 is too
badly faded to read. The trooper in the back (left) has a big Bowie knife
on his left side, a beaded and fringed leather pouch on his right and some
kind of string (watch fob leather??) coming out of his pocket and
apparently attached to one of
the buttons on his shirt. Each trooper has a trapdoor carbine at his side
with Model 1884 rear sights and Model 1890 rear sight protectors. Two
carbines have snap-on front sight protectors and two have M83 front sight
protectors. One has a metal pistol grip.
The trooper in the right rear has a
Type 3 Prairie belt and a pistol with a very large set of grips. The
trooper in the left front has a pistol with very light grips, possibly
ivory?? Photograph
supplied by Bob Fredericks
at
bfreder926@aol.com
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Hall.
On the back of the photograph is written in ink, "J.H. Hall, of the
standing army." The photograph was taken by L.A. Huffman, Photographer,
Ft. Keogh, Mt. Huffman's name is black inked under John H.
Fouch's crossed-out
name. Evidently
Huffman bought the business from Fouch, and altered the old cards. Soldier Hall was photographed around 1880, and has a
Model 1873 rifle in hand having a Model 1879 rear sight. He is wearing
the first type 1876 prairie belt or commonly named
"narrow" belt. Also, there is a Model 1870 combination rifle tool
poking out of an empty cartridge loop which is in the shadow of his
arm.
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of
Captain William Wallace Wotherspoon, 12th U.S. Infantry. He was the
Commander of the Indian Troops circa 1898. Photo from the U.S. Army
Military History Institute, Carlisle, PA. For a complete military history
and large oil painting of the officer, go to
www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/cg&csa/CG-TOC.htm
and scroll down to
Chiefs of Staff and click on Wotherspoon, p102. Click on
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