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This photo is labeled on the back "Brother George Asbury" and is apparently from Madison, Wisconsin. My maternal great-grandfather, Gilbert Sylvester Asbury was born in Viroqua, WI in 1867. I believe this must be his uncle. Any Civil-War era buffs know if this is uniform of Civil War - in my research, I've definitely found similar coats, pants and boots in Civil War photos, but never a hat like that (I wonder if it's the hat of a musician, e.g., "fife and drum" , etc.)...
UPDATE: Please goto my website: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bobcouch/wrights5.htm for a new theory on this photo...
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