CS Uniform articles by Fred Adolphus

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Downloadable PDF files on great uniform info...
http://www.adolphusconfederateuniforms.com/books-and-articles.html

It don't much get better than this for real info!

Kevin Dally

 

[Nathanb1]

Excellent, excellent, excellent. Thank you so much for this!!!!!!

 

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Now, you will find a lot of "speculation" when dealing with Trans-Miss uniform/equipage. So little to hardly none survive. Even period photo's are scarce. But, I have to thank Fred for being willing to gather info for us to look at and think about!
You will find a hard-core few out there who will research, and try to come up with the most authentic stuff to use to acurately portray soldiers in the Trans-Miss arena.

The web site below is done by a Texas boy who is serious about impressions, and he's fixing up an event that folk from around the country have stated they would come to...
https://sites.google.com/site/imprisonedonthefrontier/home

Cody has done some research, and wants to set this event up a authentic as can be done, look at the uniform/equipage regs he's come up with, and the history behind the event.

I'll go as a Federal prisoner!

Kevin Dally

 

[johan_steele]

This is outstanding Kevin. I've seen it before but never bothered to save it, a mistake I will now be able to rectify. Thank you for posting it as IMO the material culture, minutia, of both armies is one leg in understanding what the men went through.

 

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How many of us started out in studying the WBTS, with only an interest in the weapons and equipage?

Back in 97 I got a sizeable profit sharing check that was more than enough to buy me an ArmiSport 3-Band Enfield. I always wanted a WBTS Rifled Musket, and so I fell in love with the Enfield. (At the time I knew NOTHING of WBTS reenacting/LH!)

Then while at the range, I ran into a fellow who only lived a few miles from me who grew up near Gettysburg, and had been reenacting for years. I got to know the fellers he hung around with, noticing immediately they took their impressions seriously, and I joined up with em...my life has been screwed up since!:laugh1:

At first it was the uniform/equipage that I was interested in, then I found out I actually had Confederate Ancestors, several in Cummings Georgia Brigade. (39th GA. Vol. Inf.) Then I found out two of my Pards also had ancestors in the same Georgia Brigade. Now I'm deep into geneology, and that then leads to the bad taste twins...politics and causes of the WBTS.

Then you have to look at your phisical ability to actually do the hobby. I'm not over-weight, but I have bad knees that do not allow me to participate like I'd like. I just had one knee surgery over the Holliday, and hope to have the other knee replaced early next year...all this so I hope to be more active at more events latter next year, and beyond. (The ability to WORK comes secondary! LoL)

But I keep coming back to the weapons and equipage. We have a bunch of 150th's coming up, and I wonder how many folk are going to find themselves in the same boat we were in when we started out?
They are going to need good quality info, and few (compared to many) are willing to work hard at getting the word out on the actual material-culture of the period, AND share it, like Fred does.

Kevin Dally