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Or would that be reloading?
Captured 7/31/10, at an American Civil War Reenactment held at the vast and beautiful El Dorado Park in beautiful Long Beach, California.
Much better viewed full size.
Union soldier shown preparing for the big battle that will shortly ensue. Looks like a cap and ball pistol to me.
Incidentally, the soft cap with the flat top and stiff visor worn by both the Union and Confederate soldiers is called a kepi, a style originated by the French. There are several variations on the basic design, depending on the parties involved.
Auf weidersehen, thankx for coming by, and for any all complimentary comments and faves.
Comments (15)
durleybeachbum
Boys toys! interesting pics!
Rainastorm
Definitely better full view. There are allot of little details in this that would suck if missed seeing. Cool pistol...my dad used to have several guns and he favored one pistol that looked allot like this one...but I have no clue what a correct name for it would be...he's also int black-powder weapons as well.
Helleshoj
The kepi was in use until about the 1930's, I believe. Those pistols probably not:)
danapommet
Super detailed and sharp shots in this collage Harry. Kind of like recording history. Dana
tennesseecowgirl
fascinating to see this.. In Atlanta Georgia where parts of the battle took place, there is now a museum called the Cyclorama, that I have visited in the past I know you would enjoy going there, maybe someday you can.. but here is a link if you are interested.. When I first visited it remind me of one of the attractions they use to have at Disneyland with the huge circular pictures of America if you remember ever seeing that at Disneyland not sure why they ever removed that I thought it was awesome... Civil war musuem/Atlanta
jocko500
this is goor reporting here. wonderful shots of this
Charberry
Very interesting. Our family had soldiers on both sides, which most of them probably did. To think some of them wore these clothes and boots. I still do genealogy.
babuci
Excelent double Harry. I love to peek in the tent also.
Hendesse
Fantastic shots and title. Excellent details.
morningglory
It would be fascinating to see this. Looking forward to more in the series.
debbielove
Excellent and really fascinating shots.. I'm with Rose on this one, you must zoom to get the details.. Great work Harry.. Look forward to seeing more.. Rob
MrsRatbag
Great shots (no pun intended!) I don't know anything about guns or ammo other than to recognize that I'm seeing some...but your photo documentary is fascinating!
bmac62
Fascinating. I have a replica 1860 Army pistol...yep, cap and ball. Now, all I need is everything else to go with it. These are fun shots...nice sequence to see...
neiwil
Colts Model Army .44 calibre.A brute of a weapon but a beautiful piece of engineering.Love the old black powder pieces.
mermaid
very fine shots, Harry, I bet they a a time to reload those old ones...