General Grant?
During a U.S. Civil War reenactment that I attended this fall, this white-haired gentleman was playing the role of Ulysses S. Grant, the commanding general of the Union forces who later became the 18th president of the United States. This was despite the fact that he looks little like the photos that I've seen of Grant taken during the war years. The fellow officer with the dark beard that he is talking with here actually looked more like Grant, IMO.
Nonetheless, the Grant reenactor cut a very imposing figure and played the role well, spending time in the padded armchair under the awning of a larger and more luxurious tent than those used by the reenactors portraying Union troops.
General Grant?
During a U.S. Civil War reenactment that I attended this fall, this white-haired gentleman was playing the role of Ulysses S. Grant, the commanding general of the Union forces who later became the 18th president of the United States. This was despite the fact that he looks little like the photos that I've seen of Grant taken during the war years. The fellow officer with the dark beard that he is talking with here actually looked more like Grant, IMO.
Nonetheless, the Grant reenactor cut a very imposing figure and played the role well, spending time in the padded armchair under the awning of a larger and more luxurious tent than those used by the reenactors portraying Union troops.