"The uniforms of the Civil War helped distinguish between the Union soldiers of the North, and the Confederate soldiers from the south. But early in the war, uniforms were provided by states, towns and wealthy individuals. This resulted in a confusing variety of styles and colors on both sides. Over time, blue became the official color for the North and gray for the Confederate uniforms." ----- Original Message ---- From: Barney Seely <BSeely@pointeightpower.com> To: laorlean@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 12:29:28 PM Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] Civil War Uniform??? Not even close. This is not your typical Civil War uniform. I've done a lot of research and can't find anything like it. Barney -----Original Message----- From: laorlean-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:laorlean-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Penny Tveiten Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 12:26 PM To: laorlean@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] Civil War Uniform???     Maybe this will help....  Penny T http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/UsaHistory/CivilWar/Uniforms.htm ----- Original Message ---- From: Barney Seely <BSeely@pointeightpower.com> To: LAORLEAN@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 11:14:01 AM Subject: [LAORLEAN] Civil War Uniform??? After a family reunion two weeks ago, a relative I have never seen before, told me she had a lot of old family information. I have a picture we believe is my Great, Great Grandfather in uniform. The problem is I can't identify the uniform as Confederate, or Union. I have researched the photographer W.W. Washburn and determined that the "Cabinet photo" was taken at his place on 109 Canal Street somewhere between 1865 and 1873. I have yet to find my GG Grandfathers name on any muster list, Confederate, or Union. Can someone possibly identify the uniform and his medals. Thanks Barney ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LAORLEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message       ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile.  Try it now.  http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LAORLEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LAORLEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ