tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038500673287894406.post3480762382810266394..comments2024-02-18T14:02:44.989-05:00Comments on Our War: Gallery: Faces of the Fighting Fifth (part two)Mike Pridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03555611841701570103noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038500673287894406.post-60240373977113531972014-11-13T09:21:43.766-05:002014-11-13T09:21:43.766-05:00I would like to ask David Trevino to contact me re...I would like to ask David Trevino to contact me regarding W. A. Crafts. I have some historical info that may interest you. Thank you.<br /><br />wwalsh2nd@rocketmail.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038500673287894406.post-15924612654229877932013-06-03T09:57:05.922-04:002013-06-03T09:57:05.922-04:00Welcome A. Crafts appears in two chapters of "...Welcome A. Crafts appears in two chapters of "Our War," first as a member of the 2nd New Hampshire, then as a member of the 5th New Hampshire. He is also in the earlier book I did with Mark Travis, "My Brave Boys," a history of the 5th under Colonel Cross. There is a different photo of him in that book -- with a lot more hair on top but a receding hairline.<br /> Mike Pridehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03555611841701570103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038500673287894406.post-35147004969953360312013-06-03T02:09:29.580-04:002013-06-03T02:09:29.580-04:00Thank you so much for your research. W.A. Crafts w...Thank you so much for your research. W.A. Crafts was my Great Great Grandfather and I had not seen a picture of him, nor do I have any other information about him except what has been passed down by family members. After being mustered out he moved to Brownsville, Texas. There he married and raised a family. <br /><br />David Trevino<br />San Antonio, TexasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038500673287894406.post-68772649086810953512013-03-26T10:27:36.159-04:002013-03-26T10:27:36.159-04:00The CDV in question was shot in Dover, N.H., and h...The CDV in question was shot in Dover, N.H., and has an old pencil ID on the back as W.A. Crafts but no signature. The subject certainly has less hair than the Crafts in the picture Mark Travis and I used in My Brave Boys, but that photo was taken when he was a captain. He made captain in mid-1862. The soldier here is a colonel or lieutenant colonel, so if it is Crafts, the photo was taken in 1864 or '65. The earlier photo shows a receding hairline despite the comb-over. My guess is that between the taking of the two photos Crafts went bald prematurely (he was 29 in 1864). The facial features in the two photos are not strikingly different. And based on the Crafts letters I have read, the proud-warrior pose is not out or character. So, bottom line: I believe it is Crafts, but I wouldn't bet my life on it. Mike Pridehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03555611841701570103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038500673287894406.post-81989266267585101522013-03-26T05:20:48.686-04:002013-03-26T05:20:48.686-04:00Are sure you of the identification of the Colonel ...Are sure you of the identification of the Colonel W.A. Crafts ?<br />Please, see Crafts photos : COLONELS IN BLUE by Hunt or MY BRAVE BOYS by M.PRIDE and M.TRAVIS.<br />Thank you Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com