Civil War Soldiers With Pipes

checotah

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• Nov 21, 2016

• #1

I know there have been a couple of posts with pictures of military personnel smoking pipes. Couldn't find them, so I just thought I'd post this separately.
This is a colorized picture of Civil War soldiers taking a break. Six of the nine have pipes.
If this has been posted before, MOD feel free to delete

 

pagan

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• Nov 21, 2016

• #2

 

pipesmokingtom

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• Nov 21, 2016

• #3

I love those colorized photos. They are really a trip.

 

eduardovieira

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• Nov 21, 2016

• #4

excellent post :clap:

 

pagan

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• Nov 21, 2016

• #5

 

pagan

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• Nov 21, 2016

• #6

 

jguss

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Jul 7, 2013

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• Nov 21, 2016

• #7

Worth pointing out that there's a great book by Ben Rapaport about pipe smoking and the Civil War. It was put out a year or so ago by Gary Schrier's Briar Books.

 

anthonyrosenthal74

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Jan 8, 2013

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• Nov 21, 2016

• #8

In the color photo, the man in the right foreground is George Armstrong Custer.

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Ha! It sure is! I've seen that photo countless times now, and I've never realized it until you mentioned it. I never noticed the dog somehow either.

 

lohengrin

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Jun 16, 2015

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• Nov 22, 2016

• #9

I found these ones. Not sure if right that period.

 

pagan

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• Nov 22, 2016

• #10

 

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bigpond

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• Nov 22, 2016

• #11

Cheetah's first photo is of Custer and his officers. Bonus point's for the fist one to identify the General. No cheating!

 

cosmicfolklore

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• Nov 22, 2016

• #12

Since we are talking about the Civil War and their pipes, here is an article about Jefferson Davis' pipe he smoked in exile. It was an egg and claw... http://pipesmagazine.com/blog/pipe-smokers-of-the-past/jefferson-davis-president-of-the-confederate-states-pipe-smoker/

 

ssjones

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• Nov 22, 2016

• #13

This gentleman is in our local pipe club (his father owns the shop). He's working on his doctorate in History/Civil War. His dad posted this a few days ago on the club page, a real bright young man.

 

pagan

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• Nov 22, 2016

• #14

 

hextor

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man I love these photos!!! i wonder what was the blend that they used to smoke.

 

ray47

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• Nov 22, 2016

• #16

@bigpond. Custer is the one with the dog.

 

prairiedruid

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• Nov 22, 2016

• #17

Cheetah's first photo is of Custer and his officers. Bonus point's for the fist one to identify the General. No cheating!

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It's not McClellan......maybe Barnard or Pleasonton. So many levels of generals in the Civil War.

 

tbradsim1

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Jan 14, 2012

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• Nov 22, 2016

• #18

A good while back a bunch of Forum Members bought a book which I believe was Titiled Smoking and Tobbaco between the Blue and the Gray, nice book, 65$ but worth it.

 

pagan

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• Nov 22, 2016

• #19

 

blueeyedogre

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• Nov 22, 2016

• #20

I remember a posting a while back about a Confederate Officer with a very impressive meerschaum pipe and the story of his captivity and how well his pipe was treated during his internment in a Union prison.