Western Reserve Volunteer
Sergeant
- Joined
- May 12, 2018
Yes, yes I know some people will probably complain about my interest in the unusual, off the wall, and motley bits of equipment that on ocassion found itself wrapped up in the war, often from more prosaic civilian usage. But to heck with them. Not Everyman was a hardened veteran who slept on a blanket roll in the pouring rain, and some civilians on occasion went camping too.
This post was somewhat a inspired by a pair of recent discoverys of mine, specifically a print from Wisconsin showing a walled bell tent that is definitely not merely a Sibley with log walls, and thus a rare creature indeed, and a reference to “French Bell Tents” in both the Ohio Militia regulations and the 1851 regs on which they are based. I believe that these are the so called French double bell ended wedge tents, but honestly I am not sure if that actually is the case and have seen no evidence to corroborate that.
Nevertheless it got me thinking about tents outside the wedge, wall, baker, Sibley, and dog. Anybody know about or have period photos of odd tents or odd tent set ups during the war? I did spot one I thought might be a bell end tent but equally could be a pair of Sibley with a fly between them.
This post was somewhat a inspired by a pair of recent discoverys of mine, specifically a print from Wisconsin showing a walled bell tent that is definitely not merely a Sibley with log walls, and thus a rare creature indeed, and a reference to “French Bell Tents” in both the Ohio Militia regulations and the 1851 regs on which they are based. I believe that these are the so called French double bell ended wedge tents, but honestly I am not sure if that actually is the case and have seen no evidence to corroborate that.
Nevertheless it got me thinking about tents outside the wedge, wall, baker, Sibley, and dog. Anybody know about or have period photos of odd tents or odd tent set ups during the war? I did spot one I thought might be a bell end tent but equally could be a pair of Sibley with a fly between them.