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Rare photo of Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia on the march (colorized)
Posted on 9/6/19 at 5:06 pm
Posted on 9/6/19 at 5:06 pm
It is has been long believed that this photograph was taken in Frederick, MD on September 6, 1862 (157 years ago today) as Lee's forces are beginning their first invasion of the North. Though more recent scholarship dates this to Jubal Early's invasion of Maryland in the summer of 1864. Either way...this is a rare photo of a Civil War army on the move in the midst of a campaign.
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Posted on 9/6/19 at 5:07 pm to RollTide1987
Nice 
Posted on 9/6/19 at 5:08 pm to RollTide1987
Great honorable men who fought for their homeland against the tyrannical aggression of the North
Posted on 9/6/19 at 5:09 pm to RollTide1987
They couldn’t cover and align for shite.
Posted on 9/6/19 at 5:11 pm to RollTide1987
Looks like they just colored the sign
Posted on 9/6/19 at 5:13 pm to RollTide1987
Can we really imagine what it was like to be alive then? Can we picture ourselves choosing such an arduous path, enduring privation and likely death over a matter of pride and loyalty?
Them baws walking away from home were leaving behind a young wife, kids, no slaves, and their life’s work.
If we still dressed decently enough to have hats to take off to them, they would have earned the gesture.
Them baws walking away from home were leaving behind a young wife, kids, no slaves, and their life’s work.
If we still dressed decently enough to have hats to take off to them, they would have earned the gesture.
This post was edited on 9/6/19 at 5:14 pm
Posted on 9/6/19 at 5:14 pm to BRgetthenet
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They couldn’t cover and align for shite.
The Confederates were not really known for their marching abilities on the parade ground. However, this photograph was likely taken with the column stopped and the men standing around waiting to go forward again. The way photography worked back then, these men would have been blurred out had they been moving. Plus, you have a few Confederates in the foreground turned around and looking at the camera.
Posted on 9/6/19 at 5:16 pm to deltaland
Poor land tennants and sharecroppers led to slaughter by an aristocracy.
Posted on 9/6/19 at 5:23 pm to deltaland
Melt, year 157
Posted on 9/6/19 at 5:26 pm to RollTide1987
Remember that time you told LSU fans to “do what you do best and go drown in a hurricane, corndog”?
Just a friendly reminder
Cool pic, though
Just a friendly reminder
Cool pic, though
Posted on 9/6/19 at 5:29 pm to cas4t
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Remember that time you told LSU fans to “do what you do best and go drown in a hurricane, corndog”?
I do not. Though I must admit I was probably either angry, drunk or both and have been changing my ways. I was not a good person from 2013-2018 IMHO.
So I apologize for that remark.
Posted on 9/6/19 at 5:43 pm to RollTide1987
Posted on 9/6/19 at 5:45 pm to uway
quote:this will trigger some people
Them baws walking away from home were leaving behind a young wife, kids, no slaves, and their life’s work
Posted on 9/6/19 at 5:46 pm to RollTide1987
I don’t blame General Lee for going against the north like he did.
The land that is the national cemetery was the Lee families. The government would let that family pay taxes so they could seize the land.
That would have greatly pissed me off too.
And quite a few of the officers he faced was in military school with him.
The land that is the national cemetery was the Lee families. The government would let that family pay taxes so they could seize the land.
That would have greatly pissed me off too.
And quite a few of the officers he faced was in military school with him.
Posted on 9/6/19 at 5:46 pm to RollTide1987
Losers of a traitorous nation.
Posted on 9/6/19 at 5:47 pm to RollTide1987
It's sort of colorized. Their uniforms at the time are butternut. A light brown dye. They're marching through Frederick, MD in that picture. This was the beginning of the Antietam campaign.
Posted on 9/6/19 at 5:57 pm to RollTide1987
Posted on 9/6/19 at 6:02 pm to RollTide1987
So they colorized a photo in which everyone is wearing grey. Cool cool cool.
Posted on 9/6/19 at 6:23 pm to RollTide1987
They don’t look like they’re marching very fast
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