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Post by Cutter on Sept 4, 2010 10:53:36 GMT -5
Haven't seen that one before. The one I saw Boston looked as if he was napping.
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Post by Cutter on Sept 4, 2010 15:14:03 GMT -5
I've read that because of health problems, Boston didn't follow George and Tom into the military. Am wondering if he suffered some sort of Pituitary malfunction...
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Post by strange on Sept 5, 2010 0:54:27 GMT -5
I've read that because of health problems, Boston didn't follow George and Tom into the military. Am wondering if he suffered some sort of Pituitary malfunction... I was about to say just that but I retreated from it at the risk of some one making me look stupid for asking. Several of Custer's brothers were turned down for service as a result of health problems and I noticed that Boston, Nevin, and the father seem rather long or lanky to me. My major fear is simply that one of these days someone will show up with a picture of some dwarfish person standing taller over them and then everything I theorize is back to square one. Yes, though. I think Custer's family was rather tall. In fact, Tom and George (or certainly Tom) are maybe the shorter ones in my opinion. |
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Post by Cutter on Sept 5, 2010 11:47:11 GMT -5
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Post by Cutter on Sept 5, 2010 12:28:54 GMT -5
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Post by strange on Sept 5, 2010 14:16:03 GMT -5
Custer (George) is at least 5' 11" in my humble opinion. I've tried to go as high as 6' 1", but I get torn down when I do. Earp is about his same height. People guess Custer smaller on account of the fact that he has some odd posture in some photos and is also rather muscular which takes away from the rail look of thinner tall men. There's no question that he's over 5' 10" but people play games with me by saying his clothes don't fit people of that height or other such clap. Materials age a certain way and will shrink substantially, but I could still find people of that height to fit in those clothes. I weigh over two hundred pounds and I can still wear the same underwear of my 100 pound father, albeit even if it is rather tight I can still fit. Anyone who can't fit into Custer's clothes must be tryiong to be extra cautious with the material or the material has just been shrunk to the begigious. I can fit into clothes of people who are a hundred pounds smaller than me. Certainly also to them who are even shorter than me. With the hat included, I suppose he would be as tall as Lincoln  Of coarse, Abe has a hat too! Strange |
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Post by Cutter on Sept 5, 2010 15:03:12 GMT -5
Custer was 5 ft 10 maybe. 5 ft 8 was the average height back then, and in all the pics I've seen, he doesn't look much bigger, if at all, from the folks around him.
Googled it, said most historians believe he was 5 ft 11.
Way to go strange.
I still think 5 ft 9 +/-.
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Post by Cutter on Sept 5, 2010 17:11:52 GMT -5
Clothing wouldn't be a good gauge of a man's size. When I was at the Smithsonian, many moon's ago, there was a display of General Washington's uniform. Washington was 6 ft 2, and there was no way I could have fitted into that uniform at 6'1.
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Post by joewiggs on Sept 5, 2010 19:17:13 GMT -5
I love this picture! I love it! I've never seen this picture, before, in such a clear state. Thank you so much!!!
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Post by strange on Sept 6, 2010 0:10:55 GMT -5
Clothing wouldn't be a good gauge of a man's size. When I was at the Smithsonian, many moon's ago, there was a display of General Washington's uniform. Washington was 6 ft 2, and there was no way I could have fitted into that uniform at 6'1. You're also rather trim too, aren't you? I think you posted a picture of yourself and by the look of that I cannot understand any reason why you wouldn't fit into Washington's clothes unless they were to shrink substantially. 100 years from now, I bet OJ's glove will be doing some spectacular things. They had Charles Atlas pose as the model for a certain George Washington statue and Washington is even bigger than him. I imagine that Washington should be bigger than you aswell, both height and weight. He's certainly not shaped like Lincoln. Now if one were to just examine the clothing tags, if and when there are any, that would be better at finding out someone's size. A better item to measure people by is Armour. Henry VIII has wonderful sets of armour that are on display and it all does a good job at displaying his dimensions over the years. But naturally no one was wearing armour in America. Strange |
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Post by Cutter on Sept 6, 2010 6:22:17 GMT -5
I've been told I have a manly stature, so I am trim. Got to say, there would be no way I could fit in that suit, in either length or breadth.
Yep, armor doesn't shrink, woven material apparently does dramatically, given enough time....
No WML question?
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Post by Cutter on Sept 6, 2010 13:56:04 GMT -5
In the pic of General McClellan and Lincoln at Antietam, with Custer standing off to the side, is standing with a saber by his side.
Well, it just so happens I have a few m1860 light cavalry sabers lying around at the cabin. Will study on the pick, and will see how high the hilt
comes to my 6'1 frame.
I don't know if he used a m1840, or m1860, the former is an inch longer. It was heavier as well. Will give GAC the benefit of the doubt, and assume he used the m1840 "wristbreaker", and add a inch...
Hey, it's a holiday, and have done all the BBQ. ;D
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Post by Cutter on Sept 6, 2010 20:34:28 GMT -5
This is what I'm working off of. Strange, if you have a better pic, let me know. As GAC is not standing strait, my measurements will have a +/- variance that will make my findings meaningless, but fun. BTW, this exercise was a "Strange" clue in the WML thread... ;D Attachments:
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Post by Cutter on Sept 7, 2010 10:10:19 GMT -5
That Antietam pic is interesting. The gentleman standing just to the right of Lincoln looks to have a Infantry badge on his kepis, except it looks backwards. Wonder what that is?
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Post by joewiggs on Oct 2, 2010 16:19:05 GMT -5
Approximately 1,000 years ago (well, it seems that way) I saw the uniform of the commander of Fort McHenry. I swear that i recall the uniform being so small that it would hardly fit a 13 year old child of today!
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