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I don't think anyone said anyone was carrying six pistol tucked into a sash. But two, sure.
Wild Bill used holsters early on, in cross draw fashion but later on went to a sash. I suspect simular to the cross draw holsters, more or less near the front but to the side.
It's hard to compare what we would do today to what people did back then. The man in the original photo had three pistols and a saber and he wanted them in the picture with him. So he stuck them in his belt. Doesn't mean he carried them there when he went to fight. But were they props? I don't think so. I think what the back of the picture says is true. We was a cavalry soldier and it just so happens he had three 1858 Remingtons he wanted in his picture. I guess he should have kept one out of his belt but I guess he wasn't thinking that nearly two hunderd years in the future people were going to rip him a new one for making a error in judgement.
Okay that's all I'm saying on this but thanks for all the fun.
There was an earlier post from his descendent who stated that his great great grandfather in the photo wasnt a Cavalryman at all, but he served towards the latter part of the war in Tennessee in a Union Infantry regiment.
Anyway seems that we've exhausted the discussion, thanks for contributing.