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George Shepherd - Quantrill Guerilla

I have come across a 1900 photo of my distant relative George "Bud" Wigginton who rode with Quantrill and have noticed a striking resemblence between him and a war-time photo of two "brothers" with Quantrill. In that photo, the one that I feel resembles Bud is identified as George Shepherd and the other is identified as Ollie Shepherd. I have looked for any photos of George Shepherd but have only found sketches. Is anyone aware of actual photos of this Shepherd during the war? Also, some accounts describe Shepherd as having only one eye. Does anyone know anything about this? These accounts were from some of his post-war activities. Was this eye "issue" something that he was born with or an injury that might have occurred after this photo was taken?

I have also seen photos and sketches that to me do not appear to be the same person that is identified as Ollie Shepherd in the "brothers" photo. I suspicion that if, by some stretch of possibility that the one man is Bud W., that the other person might be John McCorkle. They were cousins and in many accounts seem to run together most of the time. I would be interested in finding any photos of McCorkle as well. I have seen one but it is not conclusive in my opinion.

I appreciate any info on any of these men.
Thanks!

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