Uniform and people sizing

[RetiredCanuck]

I found out by accident today that males were average 5'-7" @ 145 pounds during the civil war era.

I'm only 5'4" tall and 145 pounds. 38" chest, 32" waist.

Of course I stuck out like a sore thumb at reenactments because of my small stature compared to contemporary men.

But if I beamed back to 1860, I'd be a size 1 trouser and size 2 jacket and fit right in.

(Except for the beaming in part of course LOL.)

 

[Allyn]

My 2nd-great-grandfather was a whopping 5'3" tall provost guard, Co. C, 169th Regt. PA. [Drafted] Mil.

Can't imagine that he was too intimidating . . .

 

[RetiredCanuck]

My 2nd-great-grandfather was a whopping 5'3" tall provost guard, Co. C, 169th Regt. PA. [Drafted] Mil.

Can't imagine that he was too intimidating . . .

But he was armed.
Was it Al Capone who said. You can get more with kind words and a gun than you can with kind words alone.