Love Civil War History and have been looking at all the 'then & now' images online. I recall a photo of an unknown solider, wearing red pants, that was recently identified.
I wonder if this solider was ever identified:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwpcam/cw00171.jpg
I have often wondered the same thing about the newsreel footage of the U.S. soldier that dropped during the invasion of Normandy...
