tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post5851787586646897044..comments2024-03-27T14:30:10.785-04:00Comments on JOHN BANKS' <br> CIVIL WAR BLOG: Grand Review of Union Army 'positively beggars description'John Bankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04384617564864766357noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post-8101963096277681402023-05-23T19:48:28.100-04:002023-05-23T19:48:28.100-04:00Does look like Wesley Merritt but wonder, if so, h...Does look like Wesley Merritt but wonder, if so, how he gained such a prime seat? Believe both he and Custer held same rank in April 1865. If Custer rode with his troops, why wouldn’t Merritt?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post-58307435901744725452020-08-23T13:34:07.928-04:002020-08-23T13:34:07.928-04:00Is he standing with Hooker & Gibbon?Is he standing with Hooker & Gibbon?<br />Matthew Donaghuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07986354654458642956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post-42796835073364778052020-08-23T00:01:06.615-04:002020-08-23T00:01:06.615-04:00Another of your great pictorial presentations wher...Another of your great pictorial presentations where we learn the rest of the story plus we have the added benefit of some great comments in follow up.Tombeetlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15648273103345184457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post-36403547833646762562020-08-22T18:19:10.303-04:002020-08-22T18:19:10.303-04:00Thanks, I never saw this before! Thanks, I never saw this before! Eros Ashimahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17571801355868297071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post-90567334995982878322019-04-11T08:47:51.282-04:002019-04-11T08:47:51.282-04:00I'm thinking the same thing.I'm thinking the same thing. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03985865891667005356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post-69158034013917166322019-04-09T09:27:38.549-04:002019-04-09T09:27:38.549-04:00After reading this I recalled that my Great granfa...After reading this I recalled that my Great granfather’s (James Oliver,MD), civil war diary included something about the Grand Review. Much of it impressed him, but he also made note of an amusing incident involving General Custer. ...”General Custer was out with his long, flowing, curly locks of hair. (Custer was a brave general but terribly vain and dressy in his appearance). As he came upon the reviewing stand , he evidently stuck the spurs into the flanks of his horse to make a picture as grand as possible to the crowd on the judges stand. He overdid it, the horse made a terrible spring and became unmanageable, so that Custer, instead of appearing in a grand style, made a very ridiculous appearance.”... Harry Kendrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13308650238126635119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post-89527953983871582222018-04-15T09:51:39.778-04:002018-04-15T09:51:39.778-04:00Sure looks like Hancock on the left under the Gett...Sure looks like Hancock on the left under the Gettysburg picture!!!Ron Linfontehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05273338486708817156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post-3309431000924547282017-02-22T08:35:39.135-05:002017-02-22T08:35:39.135-05:00Hi John. That's definitely Irishman, Myles Wal...Hi John. That's definitely Irishman, Myles Walter Keogh, under the Gettysburg banner. He was just newly promoted to the rank of brevet Lt. Col. He served on the staff of John Buford from early 1863, including that 1st day at Gettysburg, up to Buford's death from typhoid in December of that year. Reputed to Buford's closest aide, Keogh cradled the dying general when he passed away in the Washington home of General George Stoneman. Later KIA with Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876. After studying Keogh for over two decades, I'd never seen this image. Thanks!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06044085655124460074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post-25257964874296666562016-11-23T11:38:48.069-05:002016-11-23T11:38:48.069-05:00I just found this NYT newspaper article http://www...I just found this NYT newspaper article http://www.nytimes.com/1865/06/09/news/closing-pageant-war-grand-review-sixth-corps-president-gen-meade-war-worn.html?pagewanted=all that mentions not only the presence of Hancock, but of others labeled in the pictures, above:<br /><br />"the indomitable HANCOCK, who was present today, and again looked upon the fragments of the brigade that he so vigorously disciplined at Camp Griffin, in the Winter of 1861-2;"Shoshana Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13344976853331945567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post-50980813107208081232016-11-23T06:16:07.107-05:002016-11-23T06:16:07.107-05:00Quite possible, Bee. Will look at contemporary new...Quite possible, Bee. Will look at contemporary newspaper accounts to see if there is mention that he was there.John Bankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04384617564864766357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post-9619879233031792472016-11-23T02:27:29.113-05:002016-11-23T02:27:29.113-05:00Dear Mr. Banks,
I shared your blog with some frie...Dear Mr. Banks,<br /><br />I shared your blog with some friends over at civilwartalk.com, and we have been having a great time with these pictures. The labeling is fabulous! My friend Peter has pointed out what we believe to be Winfield Scott Hancock on the far left under the Gettysburg banner -- what do you think? BeeShoshana Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13344976853331945567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post-67213000722602224502016-11-22T23:22:59.132-05:002016-11-22T23:22:59.132-05:00Yah. Will do, Greg. Thanks!Yah. Will do, Greg. Thanks!John Bankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04384617564864766357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post-11154216130536602292016-11-22T23:03:27.452-05:002016-11-22T23:03:27.452-05:00Ah, very cool. Shall add that details. I am sure m...Ah, very cool. Shall add that details. I am sure many others can be ID'd in the photo. Go find William Seward for me. :)<br />John Bankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04384617564864766357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post-42871060767573107552016-11-22T22:58:27.330-05:002016-11-22T22:58:27.330-05:00Interesting post, John. There are more great thin...Interesting post, John. There are more great things to see if you similarly zoom in on the LOC pictures of the troops marching in the review (I did this for a monograph I wrote before the 150th anniversary of the Grand Review. Also, the soldiers in the last picture are members of the Veteran Reserve Corps (formerly the Invalid Corps). You can tell by their distinctive jackets and the fact that they weren't permitted to march (even though they were all veterans) and were instead used for security for the parade. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06016384584640385713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post-85936071395310761782016-11-22T22:57:48.262-05:002016-11-22T22:57:48.262-05:00Very well done John. In the photo with the Gettysb...Very well done John. In the photo with the Gettysburg banner, the soldier on the far right looks a whole lot like Myles Keogh, who served on Buford's staff and later under Custer. See his images on line for comparisonGreg Ackenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02397770873676410941noreply@blogger.com