At just over 22 years old, I hope Clooney wasn’t bald! Hat? How about that shirt/blouse/jacket thing with the stripes?
I am not certain that the man at left front is Clooney. There’s a good chance … but also conflicting stories. I’m getting some help from our Irish friends, too.
He might as easily be the quartermaster from the 63rd NY named Philip O’Hanlon, or maybe James McCormick, who replaced him as QM after O’Hanlon was discharged about a month after the photo was taken.
I’m going to need a photo of one of these guys from another source, or some other specific evidence, I’m thinking, to get to an ID.
“I am sending you these little incidents as I hear them well authenticated. They form, to the friends of the parties, part of the history of the glorious 21st. More anon.”
About
Hello! I’m Harry Smeltzer and welcome to Bull Runnings, where you'll find my digital history project on the First Battle of Bull Run which is organized under the Bull Run Resources section. I'll also post my thoughts on the processes behind the project and commentary on the campaign, but pretty much all things Civil War are fair game. You'll only find musings on my “real job” or my personal life when they relate to this project. My mother always told me "never discuss politics or religion in mixed company”, and that's sound advice where current events are concerned.
The Project
This site is more than a blog. Bull Runnings also hosts digitized material pertaining to First Bull Run. In the Bull Run Resources link in the masthead and also listed below are links to Orders of Battle, After Action Reports, Official Correspondence, Biographical Sketches, Diaries, Letters, Memoirs, Newspaper Accounts and much, much more. Take some time to surf through the material. This is a work in process with no end in sight, so check back often!
Interesting hat. Don’t see any hair. Was he bald?
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You’d be better off asking that question of Brian.
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Hi fellas and thanks, Harry, for the pointer.
At just over 22 years old, I hope Clooney wasn’t bald! Hat? How about that shirt/blouse/jacket thing with the stripes?
I am not certain that the man at left front is Clooney. There’s a good chance … but also conflicting stories. I’m getting some help from our Irish friends, too.
He might as easily be the quartermaster from the 63rd NY named Philip O’Hanlon, or maybe James McCormick, who replaced him as QM after O’Hanlon was discharged about a month after the photo was taken.
I’m going to need a photo of one of these guys from another source, or some other specific evidence, I’m thinking, to get to an ID.
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The shirt’s cool, but the hat (wonder if it was green, eh) makes him look (to me) like a porky leprecan
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