Custer's Men Smoking Pipes

[SoTL1977]

I don't have a date on this, but here's a REALLY big photo of Custer, his dog and his men. Check out the pipes! I stumbled on it through a working terrier blog that I subscribe to: Terrierman's Daily Dose:

That's Lt. George Armstrong Custer (Union Army) reclining with a dog that looks like an over-large Fell Terrier -- almost a Border Terrier.

This picture was taken on May 20, 1862 during the middle of the Peninsula Campaign in Virginia.

Custer was a true dog man (all kinds, but running dogs when he got out West).

Click on the picture for a HUGE version -- the best quality version of this picture I have ever found. What detail! What facial hair!

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PGvSoaafXi...-Virginia..jpg

[terrasco-cl]

Thanks for sharing this, Sheila! This is really neat. Takes us back to a more enlightened time when smoking was the norm instead of a social aberration. Great dog, too.

[happy1]

That's wild!!

[eggwhites]

That's a pretty freaking cool picture. Thanks for sharing.