Daniel and William Palmer in their Civil War uniforms holding their army pistols

Back caption: "Daniel and William Palmer in their Civi War uniforms holding their army pistols. Gift of Mattie Palmer Anderson." The pistols are about half the size of standard CS or US army issue. Their coats are confederate enlisted men's nine-button, frockcoats. (US frockcoats had a seam around the waiste.) Their hats are standard kepi or forage caps used by either side; the olderman's has an insignia. William Palmer, the older man in the photo, was born c1847. He and his wife Janey were living in Whatcom County in 1900.

Creators/Contributors

Biery, Galen - Collector

Collection

Biery (Galen) Papers and Photographs

Date Created

Circa 1880 (date is approximate) to Circa 1900 (date is approximate)

Extent

  • 1 black and white print
  • 5 x 7

Publisher

Digital objects made available by the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Western Libraries Archives & Special Collections, Western Libraries, Western Washington University.

Physical location

  • WaBeCP
  • Western Washington University

Repository

Center for Pacific Northwest Studies

Resource type

still image

Related to

Galen Biery papers and photographs

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Identifier

gb1748

Genre

Images

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