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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
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
Authentic - Hardtack with photos! - American Civil War Forums FOOD IN THE CIVIL WAR -- THAT STUFF CALLED HARDTACK The most common -- and likely the most hated -- food for Civil War soldiers was hardtack, a simple cracker made from flour and water Hardtack was described as "indestructible, imperishable, practically inedible, too hard to chew, too small
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
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
Were most Confederate canteens tin or wood? While some people associate wooden canteens with the Confederate Army, I am not sure how common wooden canteens actually were I assume most Confederates carried tin canteens of Confederate manufacture Still it appears that a fair number of wooden canteens were issued by the Confederate government
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
Texas made dragoon pistol - American Civil War Forums Here is a pistol many have never seen or heard of That's why I'm sharing the information They are the Tucker and Sherrard 44cal dragoon pistols made at the Lancaster pistol factory, Texas 1862-1865 They are the same size and proportions as the Colt 2nd model Dragoon pistol They were all
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
Best Places to Purchase Appropriate Fabrics? Confederate uniforms were generally made from jeans, cassimere, or kersey, in that order (though from mid-1863 onwards huge quantities of cadet-grey kersey were imported from Britain and used- it seems- primarily for jackets) other wool cotton fabrics were also used to some extent