One of my favorite photos

[Grenadier1758]

what are they? all COLT'S? it is a killer photo no dought! I guess that the sword is for back up!!??

The revolvers all have top straps. Definitely not Colt's revolvers.

 

[Robert an saa fan]

The three revolvers appear to be Remington's but this laptop screen is not very large so could be missing something. Agree with others who say the revolvers are props. It is a very interesting photo including the sword.

 

[Jaeger]

Fellas.....fellas.....Please! CALVARY is where Jesus was nailed to the cross. CAVALRY are horse-riding soldiers. Educate yourselves!

And.......they are NOT pronounced the same, either!

 

[Robin Henderson]

Good pic. Speaking of Cavalry, my dad "jined" the horse Cavalry back before WWII when he was still in high school. The unit was the 109th Cavalry Regt Tennessee NG. He was kind of a teacher's pet to his very old English lit teacher...she always referred to him as her gallant little Cavalry man.

 

[flashpoint]

Doesn’t look like he can run very fast so best have a lotta shots to let off at who ever he’s chasing. Cool photo!!

I am sure it's just me, and I am most likely wrong, and have been known to be wrong, but is he wearing boots, are his pants tucked into his boots, or was he a casualty and missing his legs??

 

[FishDFly]

Pictures from 1st edition of Gentleman's Quarterly.

 

[Zulch]

I am sure it's just me, and I am most likely wrong, and have been known to be wrong, but is he wearing boots, are his pants tucked into his boots, or was he a casualty and missing his legs??

I didn't notice that until you posted that but it does appear that he may have been missing his lower portion on both legs.

 

[CaptainKirk]

Look, Lige...we got us the Josey Wales!

 

[Gee Dog]

Picher parlor props. Can you imagine trying to mount a horse while rigged like that? One wrong move and the regimental choir will have a new soprano.

 

[deerstalkert]

i don't see any caps on those Remingtons but the key phrase here is "i don't see"
i have a brother that had a photo shop. he took tons of High school graduation pictures.
i gave him a mountain rifle, a 1851 navy, and a zulu shotgun along with a acme side by side to use as props.
he told me that the eastern oregon girls all wanted to have all of the guns in their pictures!
showed me one gal in particular that would make your eyes bleed she was so beautiful! especially with the 51 in her belt and the side by side braced on her hip!

 

[SPQR70AD]

Cavalry soldiers would have carried multiple revolvers in a holster. The revolvers in the picture were props.

exactly. some guys commented that he would shoot the horse or something else. nobody could or would ride a horse at gallop carrying pistols like that. they might even fall out

 

[Stykbow]

I agree with @flashpoint. That poor fellow probably didn’t have to worry about shooting his horse by the time that pic was shot. In my best Forest Gump voice; he ain’t got no legs!

 

[Andrewmtnman]

My pop always says “son, never point a gun at something you don’t want to shoot”. Yikes

 

[CyrusP]

I’m going to go out on a limb (pardon the pun) and guess that he has his legs. Looks like the photo was cropped/damaged at the bottom is all.

 

[deerstalkert]

photo of a photo with damage on bottom

 

[Bad Karma]

Doesn’t look like he can run very fast so best have a lotta shots to let off at who ever he’s chasing. Cool photo!!

Soldiers aren’t supposed to run from anyone… the idea, to paraphrase General Patton, is to make the other sob run for his life…

 

[RicM]

Soldiers aren’t supposed to run from anyone… the idea, to paraphrase General Patton, is to make the other sob run for his life…

Love Patton and I do agree.

 

[M. De Land]

Fellas.....fellas.....Please! CALVARY is where Jesus was nailed to the cross. CAVALRY are horse-riding soldiers. Educate yourselves!

I think of a Mark Twain quote that went something like this, " Never did trust a man that could only spell a word one way" !

 

[Electrod47]

That's called a New York reload.

 

[dogfood]

Near picture!
Any idea of the identity of the soldier or his unit? (not the one his revolvers are pointing at)