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- Confederate CSA general Service Buttons | Ranks, Uniforms, Clothing . . .
The makers marks told the tale of England providing the South with war material and the north took notice of the English makers of captured items and issued protest to the English Gov After that the English makers changed their back-marks to "Superior Quality" Below are the backs of 2 CSA buttons made by the same English Co
- Uniforms - Where did CSA snake buckles come from? | Ranks, Uniforms . . .
This is kind of a dumb question, but does anyone knowledgeable in the Confederate belt buckle field know where CSA snake buckles came from? I've read on the internet that they came from Britain, but I've also heard that they were commonly used in pre-war militias So which one is true? And if
- C. S. A. domestically-made revolvers | Small Arms Ammunition
There were other C S A domestic manufacturers of pistols of course, smaller than the four outfits named above For example there was Dance Brothers (of Galveston, Texas) which made a 44-cal pistol that looked like this Elsewhere in Texas the Tucker Sherrod company was making 44-cal Dragoon revolvers like these And in still another part of Texas (Sisterdale) the Sisterdale Dragoon 44
- Hawken Rifle Factory | Period Photos Examinations
Hawken Rifle Factory, St Louis, Missouri, circa 1860s-1870s Hawken made flintlock rifles, later converting to percussion in the 1830s Hawken manufactured a larger caliber weapon, different from the Kentucky rifles In 1856 William Hawken dissolved his partner ship with Campbell From
- Confederate Uniforms - The Crenshaw Woolen Works
Dispite this and other woolen Mills many Confederate soldiers were wearing cotton uniforms or mixed cotton and wool uniforms in the second half of the war Many British made uniforms were also worn and uniforms made from British supplied woolen goods
- Wagons. . . Who manufactured them? | 19th Century Invention Innovation
The Confederates got them from various places too Though captured US wagons were much employed In the war's first year the State penitentiary workshop at Nashville, Tennessee turned out a few hundred wagons for Confederate use In Greenville County, Texas, the coach factory made some army wagons for the Confederacy
- Recent Find - Bannermans Priceless Surplus | Relic Hunting Collecting
His father made a living selling goods acquired at auctions, and a young Francis often accompanied him to these sales where he’d pick up big lots of various knick-knacks himself, and then sell them in smaller lots to stores It was the 19th-century version of eBay-esque arbitrage
- 1864 Springfield made by Remington | Small Arms Ammunition
Sorry to burst your bubble It is a Remington made rifle on contract from Springfield to mirror the 1863 type 2 Springfield The only difference is that it was made by Remington Colt made them, Sarson and Roberts, Parker, Snow Co , Norwich Arms just to name a few If you want to call it a "Springfield type" rifle go ahead
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