Civil War Soldiers With Pipes

[checotah]

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]

 

[pipesmokingtom]

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

 

[eduardovieira]

excellent post :clap:

 

[pagan]

 

[pagan]

 

[jguss]

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]

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

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]

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

 

[pagan]

 

[bigpond]

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

 

[cosmicfolklore]

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]

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]

 

[hextor]

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

 

[ray47]

@bigpond. Custer is the one with the dog.

 

[prairiedruid]

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

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

 

[tbradsim1]

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]

 

[blueeyedogre]

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.