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 >