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Sgt. Day Elmore of the 36th Illinois


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Marktk36thIL

Enlisted as a drummer in 1861. Wounded at Chickamauga, and finally mortally wounded at Franklin, Tennessee. 

 

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M24 Chaffee

That’s amazing! I’ve never seen a photo grouping of one soldier like that! Is that the Colt revolver version of the Springfield musket?

 

Frank

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Marktk36thIL

Hi Frank,

It is. M1855 Colt Revolving Rifle. It may have been a studio prop as the 36th never had the CRR in any ordnance returns, but never say never. Some members of the 36th had their portraits taken with a Snell alteration m1841 rifle, but only Company B was issued them. They were not fond of the m1816s they received in Sept. 1861, so they borrowed the "newest" rifle in the ranks, the m1841.

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scottiques

Concur-- great grouping!

 

Don't see a lot of the Colt Revolving Rifle in period images.

 

Scott

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