Chris...you obviously have already done a lot of research. Are you "up" on the Knights of the Golden Circle? Seems that they are bunched up with us Freemasons and some other "secret" societies. Interesting organization. I've done some searching on them in the past. What's your take on this picture? I think Bickley was "high up" enough in society and Confederate service to have worn whatever he wanted to, in or out of the Confederate military. What date do you attach to this picture? The KGC was a short lived organization.

Keith