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When a forum member posts a question about a photograph and wants to know if the image is Civil War or not, some images are hard to evaluate. One problem is that the Union Army had huge numbers of uniform items in storage at the end of the Civil War. This meant that the Army would issue Civil War surplus uniforms for years.
If a soldier in a photograph is wearing surplus Civil War uniform items, how can we tell if it is post Civil War? This nice little book lists some of the common post Civil War field modifications of surplus Civil War uniforms.
The book also give information about uniforms of the 1866 to 1871 era. The book below can help when trying to evaluate if am image is post Civil War.
If a soldier in a photograph is wearing surplus Civil War uniform items, how can we tell if it is post Civil War? This nice little book lists some of the common post Civil War field modifications of surplus Civil War uniforms.
The book also give information about uniforms of the 1866 to 1871 era. The book below can help when trying to evaluate if am image is post Civil War.