Civil War Soldiers Cleaning up before town

[ammonite7]

I think this is a toughie.  The Eight Texas Rangers have just arrived at Camp Pratt on Spanish Lake in Louisiana from a week's journeying (days of tramping across  Louisiana mud and creeks).  They are covered in mud and soon will board a steamboat for further travel to New Orleans.  There are approximately five companies of 117 men each who haven't

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[swiftgold]

I came across this once and luckily was able to quickly find it again. Maybe not helpful, but I found it interesting :) This is 1864 - Civil War soldiers bathing in a river in Virginia. http://www.shorpy.com/node/3729?size=_original