Ron, I am not certain, but it appears that this man is wearing a Civil War US Army cavalry officer uniform. The collar insignia is crossed swords which is that of the cavalry. Go to: http://howardlanham.tripod.com/linkgr4/link176.html Bob Colby p.s. Ron, Is it about time that subscribers post their Colby family line? --- Ronald Colby <[email protected]> wrote: > Bob > you have any idea who this uniform might be? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Alice Volkert > To: Colby, Ronald > Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 11:22 PM > Subject: Uniform? > > > I have attached a picture that was sent to me. It > is rather the worse for wear! But, I wondered if > you can identify the uniform the man is wearing. > Or, maybe if you can't, there is someone on the list > who can - I think a guy named "BOB" is into the > military stuff??? If I remember the name > correctly? You could send it to him. Thanks for > any help! > Alice Volkert > > Volkert Services > >
THANK YOU! Alice Volkert Volkert Services -----Original Message----- From: Bob Colby [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 4:23 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [COLBY] Re: Fw: Uniform? Ron, I am not certain, but it appears that this man is wearing a Civil War US Army cavalry officer uniform. The collar insignia is crossed swords which is that of the cavalry. Go to: http://howardlanham.tripod.com/linkgr4/link176.html Bob Colby p.s. Ron, Is it about time that subscribers post their Colby family line? --- Ronald Colby <[email protected]> wrote: > Bob > you have any idea who this uniform might be? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Alice Volkert > To: Colby, Ronald > Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 11:22 PM > Subject: Uniform? > > > I have attached a picture that was sent to me. It > is rather the worse for wear! But, I wondered if > you can identify the uniform the man is wearing. > Or, maybe if you can't, there is someone on the list > who can - I think a guy named "BOB" is into the > military stuff??? If I remember the name > correctly? You could send it to him. Thanks for > any help! > Alice Volkert > > Volkert Services > > ==== COLBY Mailing List ==== Ronald Colby's home page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~colby/colbyfam/ ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx