[Tax-chick]

Just a possibility. I've seen the uniforms of Audie Murphy, from World War II, and Confederate General Wheeler. They were both about the size of my 14-year-old daughter, about 5'2", maybe 110 pounds soaking wet.

There was a fluff in the filmmaking community when the recent movie of "Cold Mountain" used Romanian Army reservists as Civil War extras, but the producers pointed out that American reenactors are almost all too big, too old, too clean, and have too many teeth to be anything like realistic :-).

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

Gads, I didn’t realize that Audie Murphy and General Wheeler were so short. Audie Murphy looked short, but I didn’t know HOW short. No wonder the Germans couldn’t zero in on him and shoot him. He was a mere speck in the distance.

Thank you about that information on the movie "Cold Mountain" and why Romanians were used. I found that interesting. And yes, the Romanians don’t have good dental care as well as other folks in that area of the world.

[blam]

"There was a fluff in the filmmaking community when the recent movie of "Cold Mountain" used Romanian Army reservists as Civil War extras, but the producers pointed out that American reenactors are almost all too big, too old, too clean, and have too many teeth to be anything like realistic :-)."

They were going to have a Civil War re-enactment here in the Mobile area but, had to cancel it because no-one would volunteer to be the Yankees. LOL.