I will send it out tomorrow. Elaine -----Original Message----- From: Fossitt, Chris <ChrisF@communitypress.com> To: IL-CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com <IL-CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, May 11, 2001 1:28 PM Subject: RE: [IL-CIVIL-WAR] Illinois Cavalry >Elaine, >Thanks for replying to my question. I'd love to see a copy of the photo. >My address is: >Chris Fossitt >RR2 Box 72 >California, KY 41007 > >Thanks for the offer and reply. I want to be as accurate as possible when >painting my ancestor in action. > >Best wishes, >Chris > >> ---------- >> From: edcrow@msn.com >> Reply To: IL-CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com >> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 10:50 PM >> To: IL-CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [IL-CIVIL-WAR] Illinois Cavalry >> >> The picture I have of Solomon Peter Crow Co. D 14 th. Illinois Cavalry is >> black and white so I can't help with colors, but he is wearing a hat that >> is >> close to a stetson in looks but the brim dosen't look as wide as a >> stetson. >> There are crossed swords on it. The jacket has 5 shiny buttons and is kind >> of tight fitting. the colar is pointed like a mens shirt colar but a >> little >> more space between the points. The belt is almost a thumb width and has a >> large square shiny buckle. Light {white or off white?} pants ,full in the >> leg and tucked into boots that come just below the knees. There is a medal >> that kind of looks like a snowflake hanging from a ribbon with a bar of >> some >> kind on top. I don't have a scanner but will be glad to send you a zerox >> if >> you want to see it. Hope this helps. Elaine in Ohio >> edcrow@msn.com >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Fossitt, Chris <ChrisF@communitypress.com> >> To: IL-CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com <IL-CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com> >> Date: Thursday, May 10, 2001 2:34 PM >> Subject: [IL-CIVIL-WAR] Illinois Cavalry >> >> >> >To all; >> > >> >I'm researching my gggrandpa's Cavalry regiment for a painting I plan to >> do. >> >I'm hoping someone can answer some questions that I have.... >> > >> >Question #1: Can anyone tell me what the uniform for a private in Co. E, >> >17th Illinois Cavalry would look like? From several photos of various >> >Illinois Cavalry regts., I assume that it was a shell jacket with a high >> >collar and two buttons on each side. But in most of the photos I've >> seen, >> >there's no yellow trim on the collar and cuffs like you would expect on a >> >cavalry jacket. Could the trim be another color? Would the trim be >> absent? >> > >> >Question #2: Would a private have worn a kepi or a Hardee hat? Again, >> I've >> >seen several photos of soldier in Illinois Cavalry regts., and most seem >> to >> >have worn short Hardee style hats. Was that a dress hat, or would they >> wear >> >the Hardee hat into battle? >> > >> >Question #3: I have a hand-written note from Captain Charles Parker of >> the >> >9th US Cavalry (post-war), to my gggrandpa, Simeon Shaver, Co. E, 17th >> >Illinois Cavalry. It reads... >> > >> >Capt. 9th Cavalry >> >Fort Robinson Neb >> >Charles Parker >> > >> >Simeon Shaver >> >Private Co. E 17 Ill Cavly. >> > >> >"Most of the boys are calling upon me. Leo Grollmond came yesterday. >> Yours >> >today. Hope your attorney will get all the dates right. Poor >> Crotzenburg >> >died first." >> >C.P. >> >Capt. 9th Cavly. >> > >> >Does anyone have a guess as to what this note is discussing? Was >> veterans >> >legally required to go through lawyers to collect a pension? >> > >> > >> >Thanks! >> >Chris Fossitt >> > >> >> >> >