Comments on: More on Moses Luce, late Sergeant, 4th Michigan Infantry http://behind.aotw.org/2006/06/21/more-on-moses-luce-late-sergeant-4th-michigan-infantry/ the backwash of a digital history project Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:32:16 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Brian Downey http://behind.aotw.org/2006/06/21/more-on-moses-luce-late-sergeant-4th-michigan-infantry/comment-page-1/#comment-949 Brian Downey Tue, 27 Jun 2006 20:08:15 +0000 http://aotw.org/blog/2006/06/21/more-on-moses-luce-late-sergeant-4th-michigan-infantry/#comment-949 Thanks for the observations, Laurie and Brett. I'm sorry you couldn't support my viewpoint on this :) The right answer, of course, is for me to get some contemporary evidence - if it exists. Thanks for playing! Thanks for the observations, Laurie and Brett. I’m sorry you couldn’t support my viewpoint on this :)

The right answer, of course, is for me to get some contemporary evidence – if it exists.

Thanks for playing!

]]> By: Brett S. http://behind.aotw.org/2006/06/21/more-on-moses-luce-late-sergeant-4th-michigan-infantry/comment-page-1/#comment-918 Brett S. Mon, 26 Jun 2006 02:39:06 +0000 http://aotw.org/blog/2006/06/21/more-on-moses-luce-late-sergeant-4th-michigan-infantry/#comment-918 Brian, I agree with Laurie on the nose especially. The nostrils of the man on the right seem to be wider than those of the man on the left. Brett Brian,

I agree with Laurie on the nose especially. The nostrils of the man on the right seem to be wider than those of the man on the left.

Brett

]]> By: Laurie Chambliss http://behind.aotw.org/2006/06/21/more-on-moses-luce-late-sergeant-4th-michigan-infantry/comment-page-1/#comment-863 Laurie Chambliss Thu, 22 Jun 2006 16:34:07 +0000 http://aotw.org/blog/2006/06/21/more-on-moses-luce-late-sergeant-4th-michigan-infantry/#comment-863 Nose doesn't look right. Ears are too small. But the kicker...where are his glasses? If he had no qualms about wearing them in a formal portrait earlier it seems unlikely to be vanity, and if 10-15 years have passed it seems <i>most</i> unlikely his vision has miraculously improved in the meantime. This seems a bit early for Lasix surgery.... :) Nose doesn’t look right. Ears are too small. But the kicker…where are his glasses? If he had no qualms about wearing them in a formal portrait earlier it seems unlikely to be vanity, and if 10-15 years have passed it seems most unlikely his vision has miraculously improved in the meantime. This seems a bit early for Lasix surgery…. :)

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