Colleen has a great web site at www.forensicgenealogy.info. She runs a weekly contest intended to sharpen the investigative skills of the contestants. The contest page is here.
The present quiz #79 (labelled September 23rd, but actually September 30th I think) has this picture of a group of soldiers in uniform:
The contest questions are:
* What war did these soldiers fight in?
* What specific branch of the service did they serve in? (eg infantry, cavalry, artillery, etc.)
* How can you tell?
After Googling a bit, I think I know the answer, and will submit my response through Colleen's web site.
Are you up to a weekly photo identification contest? The most recent contests are also on her web page - check some of them out, and see how much detail Colleen finds out about her subjects - every week. Enter the contests, and visit Colleen's site regularly.
This is a weekly exercise in the "fun" part of genealogy for me.
I knew the war but that's it. I think you've mentioned this quiz before, and I told myself then to keep up with it, but didn't. Shame on me because it does seem like fun!
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