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« on: January 29, 2011, 09:41:58 pm » |
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Here is a link to an absolute trove of high quality glass plate photographs from the American War Between The States. Be forewarned, some of these are quite graphic. http://www.mikelynaugh.com/VirtualCivilWar/New/Originals2/index.htmlClick on the photograph to enlarge and to read the caption. |
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Yet well thy soul hath brooked the turning tide, with that innate, untaught philosophy,Which, be it wisdom, coldness, or deep pride, is gall and wormwood to an enemy.
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akumabito
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« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2011, 09:54:48 pm » |
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Absolutely brilliant photo's, and of remarkable quality, considering their age..
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« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2011, 11:48:16 pm » |
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This one looks like some sort of steampunk/fallout vault!
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« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2011, 12:35:14 am » |
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i wonder what happened to the dead, did they just leave them where they lay or mass graves or what? no one seems too bothered about them!
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« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2011, 02:37:32 am » |
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^mass graves, mainly. If you ever head to the sites where these battles were fought you'll see enormous graves, with inscriptions only by the regiment, and sometimes company. individuals buried are very rare, and it's almost always officers.
It's very sobering to walk over literally thousands of men in a few minutes...
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"All that was left was his top hat and silk scarf, the rest was just dust."
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Sgt.Major Thistlewaite
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« Reply #5 on: January 30, 2011, 04:20:35 am » |
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Some of them remain unburied to this day. For instance, there is a large area of coastal forest adjacent to Fort Fisher, North Carolina, overseen by the National Park Service, which is "off-limits" to the public. Why? Simply put, it is because there are abundant human remains-bones, of course- throughout the area, which have never been collected and interred.
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« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2011, 11:58:16 pm » |
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Some of the original Brady pictures from Gettysburg in there have been shown to be 'staged'. This involved dragging the bodies of the fallen around and propping them up in more dramatic poses.
A very ugly thing.
But thank you for posting this; I had lost my bookmark to that particular collection.
Cheers.
Chas.
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akumabito
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« Reply #7 on: February 01, 2011, 08:46:20 am » |
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Some of the original Brady pictures from Gettysburg in there have been shown to be 'staged'. This involved dragging the bodies of the fallen around and propping them up in more dramatic poses.
A very ugly thing.
But thank you for posting this; I had lost my bookmark to that particular collection.
Cheers.
Chas.
The site explains about such instances and, where available, the original photo is shown as well.. |
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« Reply #8 on: February 03, 2011, 05:17:45 am » |
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could be worse, people 'mined' the mass graves of Napoleonic wars to make dentures out of the remains for those still living...
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Sgt.Major Thistlewaite
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« Reply #9 on: February 05, 2011, 03:48:06 am » |
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Thousands of mummies were burned as fuel for steamboats operating on the Nile.
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Renquist Von Reik
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« Reply #10 on: February 10, 2011, 02:33:53 am » |
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Fantastic collection of pictures! Thanks for sharing.
I had no idea that some of the remains from the war were still scattered about battlefields closed to the public, how sad and yet morbidly fascinating at the same time...
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Lucius Voltaic
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« Reply #11 on: February 12, 2011, 10:02:57 am » |
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Thousands of mummies were burned as fuel for steamboats operating on the Nile.
On a happier mummy-related note, the mummy of Ramesses the Great was missing for many years until it finally turned up in the Niagara Falls Museum! |
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"The man who is clever and lazy however is for the very highest command; he has the temperament and nerves to deal with all situations."
--General Baron Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord, clearly talking about me.
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« Reply #12 on: February 12, 2011, 04:57:19 pm » |
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Suddenly turned up? What? Knocked at the door sort of thing?
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akumabito
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« Reply #13 on: February 12, 2011, 05:02:57 pm » |
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It happens all the time: many large museums only display a tiny portion of their collections. The rest is stored off-site. If someone doesn't keep proper records, or the records are lost, it is very easy to lose such important pieces until the crate that contains it is accidentally opened..
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« Reply #14 on: February 12, 2011, 05:14:40 pm » |
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Just kidding, I just liked the image of him just wandering in off the street to look at the egyptian exhibit.
I know the London Natural History museum has thousands of Victorian era specimens they've not even catalogued yet, (mostly beetles).
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Lucius Voltaic
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« Reply #15 on: February 12, 2011, 05:18:08 pm » |
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Suddenly turned up? What? Knocked at the door sort of thing?
Well, the Niagara Falls Museum...not the most organized place. When my parents went there a couple decades and a bit ago, the exhibits were labelled with faded hand-lettered cards reading "Old", "Very old", and "More than 100 years old". |
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« Reply #16 on: February 13, 2011, 01:30:34 pm » |
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We were able to visit the Gettysburg battlefield a few years ago and I snapped a few panoramas. Click each one to enlarge. (Warning: BIG images) Cemetary RidgeHere's the Union side (aka the receiving end) of Pickett's Charge. You can see the treeline from which the South was advancing over a 3/4 mile over open terrain, directly into cannon canister and musket fire. Is it any wonder that this failed?  Little Round Top: View of the battlefield from an observation tower: |
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