butlersrangers wrote on Mar 16^th, 2012 at 12:56am:

Corp. Fred Lynd, Co.L, 31st Mich. Vol. Infantry at Camp Poland, Knoxville, Tenn., in 1899.  The 31st did not accompany the 33rd and 34th Mich. Vol. Inf. with the forces invading Cuba.  Unlike their Sister Regiments, the 31st Michigan had Krags when the Regiment went to Cuba for Peace-keeping purposes in 1899.

This is the single best Krag pic I have *ever* seen, bar none. See, I grew up in Knoxville and this is the *only* pic I have ever seen taken at Camp Poland. If there are any UT alumni on the Forum, the Married Student Housing down where Cumberland Ave. becomes Kingston Pike overlooks the Southwest corner of Camp Poland (there was another camp over around Chilhowee Park AKA the Knoxville Zoo and TVA&I Fairgrounds, but that will hold for another day). It was around the Coster Shops (the railyard I-275 goes over) extending into Lincoln Park and down toward what is now Tyson Park. OT, but Gold Star for anybody that can place the pop culture reference concerning Cumberland Avenue and Kingston Pike.