GDG- Distinction of "Frock Coats": WAS Shead's Woods and the "Harvest of Death" photograph

[keith mackenzie]

Thank you Eileen! I will do that.

Happy New year

K.

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(Dr. Who)
 

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 From: Eileen Murphy <manassas1 at comcast.net>
To: GDG <gettysburg at arthes.com> 
Sent: Monday, January 9, 2012 9:18 PM
Subject: Re: GDG- Distinction of "Frock Coats": WAS Shead's Woods and the "Harvest of Death" photograph
 
Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:


Keith.... 



Check out today's Gettysburg Daily.  Historian Jerry Coates talks about the New Jersey regiment that supposedly wore the frock coats in the Harvest of Death photograph.  Jerry also does the research for Don Trioni's paintings. 



Eileen Murphy 

Bristow, VA 



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From: "keith mackenzie" <bluzdad at yahoo.com> 
To: "GDG" <gettysburg at arthes.com> 
Sent: Monday, January 9, 2012 7:57:53 PM 
Subject: Re: GDG- Distinction of "Frock Coats": WAS Shead's Woods and the        "Harvest of Death" photograph 

Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: 
Stuart: What coat is this guy wearing? 
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 From: Stuart Johnson <stueypark at hotmail.com> 
To: gettysburg at arthes.com 
Sent: Monday, January 9, 2012 7:44 PM 
Subject: Re: GDG- Distinction of "Frock Coats": WAS Shead's Woods and the "Harvest of Death" photograph 
  
Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: 

Here's a quick picture I threw together of the 3 different basic uniforms that would have been the most common in the Federal army at Gettysburg. You would of course have some such as zouaves and berdans in unique uniforms but they were the exception. 

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa244/jcrusby/f7a9bc83.jpg 

My image is missing it but the frock coat also had a small brass tab on the shoulder designed to hold on the ornate shoulder scales that would be worn on parade. This brass tab can be seen in the original photograph. 

So of course knowing what kind of uniform a regiment was wearing at Gettysburg was important when looking at pictures like these because it helps to greatly narrow down who may be pictured. 

> From: amills at jplcreative.com 
> To: gettysburg at arthes.com 
> Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 20:24:29 +0000 
> Subject: GDG- Distinction of "Frock Coats": WAS Shead's Woods and the "Harvest of Death" photograph 
> 
> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: 
> I have to ask:  what is a "frock coat" and why is this such an important distinction?  What type of coats were they wearing by this time (or at least should have been)? 
> 
> Thanks, 
> 

                          
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