John Surratt?

Another good try, Joe, but it's not Surratt.

How about John Nicolay?

Congratulations, Scott. Kudos! Yes, it is a photo of an older John Nicolay. The photo is from the Helen Nicolay Collection.

http://helennicolay.org/index.php/people/

I wasnt going to try this one because it seemed too tricky. But a recent post on this forum has raised a link.

Who is this a photo of (in his younger days) ? "A brave man"    

Could it be Elmer Ellsworth?

It could be, Roger. But it isn't.
I can see that Lincoln called Ellsworth "the greatest little man I ever met".

I guess , to an extent, this person was the mirror image of Ellsworth (though he wasnt killed in the war).

As I look again at the photo I think the man was on the Confederate side. Is this correct?

Yes, well done. I was going to give a clue to that effect. Now I have to think again. If practicable.

   

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(06-15-2018 05:06 AM)AussieMick Wrote:  Yes, well done. I was going to give a clue to that effect. Now I have to think again. If practicable.

He played a part in something that did not happen at Gettysburg. If you know what I mean.

(06-15-2018 05:06 AM)AussieMick Wrote:  Yes, well done. I was going to give a clue to that effect. Now I have to think again. If practicable.

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(06-15-2018 05:06 AM)AussieMick Wrote:  Yes, well done. I was going to give a clue to that effect. Now I have to think again. If practicable.

He played a part in something that did not happen at Gettysburg. If you know what I mean.

What didnt happen? The high ground at Cemetery Hill wasnt taken by the Confederates. Lt. General Ewell considered it not 'practicable' to take the Hill.
Who told him to take it 'if practicable' ?

No idea - wild guess --> A.P. Hill?

Man, Mr. Aussie, one has to think outside the box in order to figure out your questions and clues. First, it was Genl. Lee who instructed Ewell to take Cemetery Hill, if practicable. However, the photo that you have shown is not of Genl. Lee, but rather Walter Taylor - who is standing to our right in the famous photo of Lee and his son taken in Richmond after the war. Lee is seated in a rocking chair in the center of that photo.

P.S. At first, I thought the photo was of one of the Lee sons, but had to look up to find out who Walter Taylor was -- Lt. Col. on Lee's staff. The give-away that led me to that photo is the obvious wooden background of the photo - definitely from the basement on the back porch of the Lee home in Richmond.

John Gordon ?

(Sorry for delay. Need for sleep)

Sorry, Gene. Its not John Gordon.

Da-na!!!! Congratulations, Laurie. It is Lt Colonel Walter Herron Taylor. Also called Colonel Taylor. Same rank perhaps as Elmer Ellsworth.
Walter Taylor was , in effect anyway, aide-de-camp to Lee. So it was he who verbally told Ewell to take Cemetery Hill 'if practicable' on the first day of Gettysburg. If Ewell had done so of course the Union side may not have won Gettysburg.

And I thought I had recognised that background the photo, of part of Lee's house.

Now, me trying to be so smart, got myself confused over Taylor's involvement in another issue which I'll ask for help with in the "Assassination -Montreal Link" because that is which gave me the impetus for this question and involves in my confusion. Hope thats all clear.

I started to change the topic to It Runs in the Family, but decided to leave it as Who is This Person/People. Danny W hit me with this info, so now I'm spreading it on to you via a trivia question(s):

Which Confederate general's son served in World War II, was killed near the close of the Battle of Okinawa, and was the highest ranking U.S. military officer lost to enemy fire during WWII? Note: He shared rank with three others killed during the war, but was posthumously promoted to four-star general.

Which Confederate general had a great-grandson who became a brigadier general in the U.S. Army Air Forces during WWII, only to be killed in Germany, becoming the first American general to be killed during the war in Europe?