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From: "ljcrain2" <>
Subject: [MELUNGEON] Scouts and Guides: 1864 Melungeon?
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:40:01 -0500

It was suggested by a few commentators that perhaps a couple of these gentlemen were Melungeon. In any case worth a look.

Scouts and Guides: 1864
March 1864. "Brandy Station, Virginia. Scouts and guides of the Army of the Potomac." From photographs of the main Eastern theater of the war, winter quarters at Brandy Station. Standing, left to right: James Doughty, James Cammack (?), unknown, Henry W. Dodd, unknown, unknown. Seated: John Irving, Lt. Robert Klein of the 3d Indiana Cavalry, Dan Cole. On ground: Dan Plue, Lt. Klein's son, W.J. Lee, unknown, Mr. Wood, Sanford Magee, John W. Langdon. Wet-plate glass negative, photographer unknown.

Be sure and click on View full size.

This photo is crystal clear.

http://www.shorpy.com/node/5710

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