Photo by Charles Temm JR : history,union army...

Comments: 38

Dan R. Apr 23, 2009, 10:33am EDT

Very interesting photo.
Who are they?

Don(time to open them FEMA camps) S. Nov 2, 2009, 7:16pm EST

Still illiterate I see.

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Cindy B. Apr 23, 2009, 10:47am EDT

Very cool pic! He did a great job! =)

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Mary C. Apr 23, 2009, 10:52am EDT

What a great photo!

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Kimber L. Apr 23, 2009, 11:30am EDT

That is really cool!

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Patricia J. Apr 23, 2009, 11:38am EDT

A great photo Charles. I'm not familiar with that battle.

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Charles Temm JR Apr 23, 2009, 12:00pm EDT

Ft Sanders was a relatively minor fight in scale but it blunted Longstreet's attempts to control eastern Tennessee in late 1863. A Union garrison in the fort inflicted heavy losses (800 plus) killed or wounded on a Confederate assault force and was another setback for their attempts in the West to slow the continual string of Union victories in the region.

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John S. (arizona) Apr 23, 2009, 2:37pm EDT

Very cool....

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David Salyer Apr 23, 2009, 3:47pm EDT

Nice work. I would love to have a glass plate done. All I have are tintypes.

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Linda G. Apr 23, 2009, 6:12pm EDT

cool effect, I thought it was an old one, except you guys look better fed than Civil War soldiers

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Charles Temm JR Apr 24, 2009, 12:45pm EDT

LOL, Linda are you saying we're overfed? Actually, we are older than the 'average' troop of the time for enlisted men.

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Gary (aka: William Pinn) J. Apr 24, 2009, 7:04pm EDT

That is so cool! I thought it was from that period at first. I guess I'm an April Fool. lol.

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LEЯA © Politcally Incorrect M. Apr 28, 2009, 12:01pm EDT

It looks pretty authentic. At least to me. lol

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Holly K. Apr 29, 2009, 12:31am EDT

How neat!

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Renda B~surviving the storm by dancing in the rain. May 2, 2009, 2:23pm EDT

It looks authentic to me too. Linda's comment and your response made me laugh! I enjoy reenactments, but haven't been to one in a long time. It was at Natural Bridge (Woodville, Florida).

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TINA s. May 3, 2009, 3:13am EDT

very nice

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Bundy P May 3, 2009, 3:16pm EDT

I love to see old photos...

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vickey w May 11, 2009, 9:40pm EDT

This is a great pic Chuck....Its like taking a step back into the past...

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Rain S. May 12, 2009, 1:49pm EDT

cool

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Haim Kadman May 15, 2009, 1:47pm EDT

and who looks most impressive now? Well a great picture a life time souvenir.

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Rain S. May 18, 2009, 6:19pm EDT

great photo

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Terry M. May 24, 2009, 5:18pm EDT

Thanks for sharing this photo and remembering all those who served our nation.

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Ariel Storm May 25, 2009, 6:39pm EDT

What a great photo. Today is the perfect day to have viewed it, remembering those who died in service to this country.

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barb n. Jun 28, 2009, 1:24pm EDT

what a great pic! And the info you provided with it was very interesting

very cool

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barb n. Jun 28, 2009, 1:24pm EDT

I am unsure how I missed this, how long has it been spotlighted?

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Robert S. Jul 10, 2009, 6:05am EDT

Great Shot!

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Lee Y. Jul 12, 2009, 10:09pm EDT

Nicely done . . . I thought it was authentic at first. :)

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Len Maxwell Aug 23, 2009, 2:14pm EDT

I don't know how I missed your posting this album, but I'll start going through it. Thanks for the history lesson.

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Sean B. Sep 12, 2009, 1:49pm EDT

Great pic! I have one old timey photo of myself, but I always wanted a Civil War one(Confederate). I also saw on the History Channel(I think) where for years everyone thought Billy the Kid was left handed But someone pointed out the overlooked detail that it was a reverse plate photo.

Charles Temm JR Sep 12, 2009, 3:14pm EDT

Sean,

Most people don't know that and I should have pointed it out. These pics are reverse plates.

Wendell does a great job and incidentally a good living doing this.

Sean B. Sep 12, 2009, 3:20pm EDT

I noticed the hammer is on the left side of the musket.

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René Allen Nov 2, 2009, 6:51pm EST

W o W ~ this photo really looks AUTHENTIC!

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Spartan * Nov 2, 2009, 7:00pm EST

Oh no...a reenactor? Haven't "ya'll" figured out that the same side loses every year! LOL

Great Photo, Charles!

Charles Temm JR Nov 2, 2009, 7:28pm EST

You'd be surprised...many of the Rebs think the historic results are incorrect.

Actually, the event battles per se are broken down into historical and tacticals. The tacticals are often quite different from the historical battles. But as you say the battles are pretty well choreographed the whole time.

Spartan * Nov 2, 2009, 9:53pm EST

I have to be honest and say that I've NEVER been interested in reenacting any combat. However, I have a dear friend who is literally obsessed with Civil War reenacting. He goes all the way to Gettysburg every year besides traveling to different "battles" in the south. He got me to read Tony Horowitz's book, "Confederates in the Attic" and I freely admit to being drawn in and finding myself fascinated with it...just not to the point of actually doing it. :-)

Charles Temm JR Nov 3, 2009, 6:29pm EST

I know some of the guys in that book. What's scary is he may have under stated some of those people's attitudes rather than exaggerate them.

I love history. The South and New England are both blessed with lots of it, military and otherwise. I bored the hell out of my wife in Rome because I wanted to see the old Roman military sites!

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