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Collection - 1856 Enfield Carbine made by Barnett | Small Arms . . . The best quality arms made by any private company are from the London Armoury Company You'll find various opinions facts alternative facts about how many arms imported to the US for the Civil War were from the London Armoury I believe only a modest percentage of the hundreds of thousands of "enfield" arms imported were from the London
History of Bread Pudding - American Civil War Forums Grandmother made bread pudding with some raisins in it When arriving for a Sunday visit, caught the aroma as soon as the door opened We knew we were in for a treat, as Grandmother would serve a dish of Bread Pudding to us while still warm with a little milk poured over YUM! Bread Pudding always brings back fond memories of Grandmother
Currency - Coins in the Confederacy | Currency, Stamps, other . . . The Confederates made very little coins during the Civil War, but it's a bit more complicated than that The U S had 5 mints around the country that they were using, so when the Confederacy came to be, they took over 3 of them, most notably in New Orleans The Confederates started making coins
Buttons for civilian made jackets for Confederate soldiers I have coin buttons on one of my commutation jackets I have a cap made with original civilian flower pattern brass buttons on it so there were substitutes Soldiers themselves if they had the means and could find them would often replace issued wood buttons with state buttons or alternative brass buttons
Bayonet for Pedersolis 1861 Springfield? - American Civil War Forums I definitely plan to invest in a quality made Italian bayonet, likely made from spring steel as opposed to carbon steel like most India reproductions The question is does anyone know of any 1861 bayonets that would fit Pedersoli's 1861 springfield "out of the box?" If not, could anyone give me
Civil War Era Knives | Small Arms Ammunition Does anyone have in their collection the humble pocketknife from CW times? I'd like to see them, even if they're repros or custom-made modern ones I think this simple tool was one of the most useful for all What about "bowies"? Where they really used? I've seen pictures from the early war
The Civil War Monitor magazines top 20 biggest Civil War celebrities . . . The Civil War Monitor magazine assembled a group of 'historians' to select the 20 biggest Civil War celebrities Is six women enough women? They came in 3rd place, 10th place,14th place,17th place, 18th place, and 19th place Can anyone one guess what six women made the cut and what place they
Where did all the wood come for musket stocks come from? Any good hard wood could be used, which included sugar maple, red maple, cherry, apple, pear and sometimes ash and butternut (for southern rifles) French muskets followed the walnut trail as did most others, but Austrian rifles (Lorenz) could sometimes be made of elm and some German and Belgian rifles had beech stocks
Recent Find - Confederate made, Louisiana numbered bayonet | Edged . . . Last week I came across a rather rusty Enfield bayonet, which I immediately recognized as Louisiana numbered and Confederate made The guy was asking way beyond what a normal Enfield bayonet in that condition would cost, so I made him an offer, still more than he probably expected to sell it
The Abiding Mystery of those India Made Muskets That Blow Up I also made up a collapsible N-SSA target frame and carried it along with targets to hang from it like soft drink cans, charcoal briquets, and clay pigeons When I showed up at the Picnic bright and early that Saturday Morning I was pleased to find something like 20 SCV members decked out in their uniforms and carrying their replica rifle-muskets