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This page contains examples of the wide range of historical impressions that the Holmes Brigade is capability of fielding.

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Pre-War

Osawatomie 86.BMP (1514466 bytes)                                       natchez.jpg (375200 bytes)
Osawatomie, KS                                      Mexican War
 1986       

Phren.JPG (42792 bytes)
Civilian - Traveling Phrenologists

War Military Impressions

Athens1.jpg (59374 bytes)                                       WC_Group.JPG (50463 bytes)
Athens, MO Early War                             Sigel's German troops
                                                                at Wilson's Creek (MO)

carth_troops.JPG (64689 bytes)                                     Lex_sep_troops.JPG (72375 bytes)
Sigel's German troops                             Lexington, MO
at Carthage, MO                                    Becker's German militia

PrGroveGroupSmall.JPG (47496 bytes)                                     athens5.jpg (57328 bytes)
Traditional Western Trrops                      Missouri State Guard
at Prairie Grove                                   

Post-War

Ft_Larned.jpg (25140 bytes)
Ft Larned, KS - Indian War

Ft Osage Military 003.jpg (189422 bytes)
Spanish-American War

WWI_French.jpg (425255 bytes)
Several years later that same Span-Am vet joined French forces during WW I

Ft Osage Military 006.jpg (208404 bytes)                 WWIIIndianola.jpg (183088 bytes)                     WWIIToccoa.jpg (204451 bytes)
WW II - 101st Airborne

Ft Osage Military 009.jpg (93757 bytes)
WW II - Women's Air Corps (WAC)