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- Castle Pinckney - Confederate Cadets Guarding Union Captives, 1861 Below: Prisoners from Bull Run - Above: the Charleston Zouave Cadets The Union prisoners shown in this photograph are members of the Seventy-ninth (Highlanders) Regiment of New York City and the Eighth Michigan Regiment, captured at the first battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861. Guarding them on the, parapet are a number of the Charleston Zouave Cadets. (The uniform of the Seventy-ninth New York was dark blue with a small red stripe on trousers and jackets. The latter had small brass buttons. On their caps was the number "79" in brass figures. Many of the other men shown without coats belonged to the Eighth Michigan Infantry). - August, 1861 - Charleston Harbor, S.C. ~ Today - Correct Responces: Bill Chisolm and Greg Seminoff - Links to More information - "Castle Pinckney Prison 1" "Castle Pinckney Prison 2" |
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