Beard-O-Rama: Worden vs. King
Today’s match-up wraps up the final bracket for our first round: Admiral John L. Worden (left) of the USS Monitor versus Federal Brig. Gen. John Haskell King (right).
Remember, this is a bracket to determine the best Civil War beard, not a popularity contest about who was better. Cast your facial hair vote by typing in the name of the officer with the best beard in the comments section below. Feel free to defend your choice. You can also cast a vote on the ECW Facebook page.
Worden
Worden- Haskell’s looks like his hair grew too long and he’s trying to cover his upper lip
King, – looks more cared for while the other reminds me of the wizard character in the Lord of the Rings movie who had small animals in his beard.
John Haskell King
King, for the civilized look!
Worden
John Worden, the old salt takes it! I particularly like the clef he has groomed in his beard.
Worden easily wins…he at least has a beard. King has good hair but no beard.
Worden!
Worden. More beard to soak up the salt air.
I vote for Worden. With the cleft beard I can picture him on the hurricane deck in the salt spray with his beards split and blowing on each side of his face.
Worden. As for King, I know beards and that’s no beard!
Worden
Adm. Worden wins. Nice amount of acreage, well groomed, and bonus points for the way it forks like the claw on a hammer.
Admiral Worden
King wins on creativity, he’s the first contestant whose facial hair forms a W.
I vote Worden – I like the cleft at the bottom. King looks like he should have been in a 70s rock band (needs more cowbell).
I agree with Ms. Page, King does need more cowbell!
King
As with previous entries, not sure if General King’s qualifies as a beard or merely “Burnside” burns. Seems like, if you look closely, he has a chin strap holding his facial hair and “swoop do” or whatever he has on his head, all in place!!!
Admiral Worden.
Worden’s is actually a beard.
Worden and his cocked hat, dress sword and big epaulettes!
Seeing as this is the Burnside bracket, I’ll give this one to King as the closest we’ve seen to Burnside’s luscious locks so far
Aye. Worden – King does not have a beard.
Worden wins. His beard is strange, but it’s, y’know, a beard.
King
This is tough. King doesn’t have an actual beard but Wordens is dangerous because he might get it caught in the turret gears. I vote Worden on the technicality