hoosier
1st Lieutenant
- Joined
- Feb 20, 2005
- Location
- Carlisle, PA
I receive the newsletter of a reenactors' unit. Every issue contains a message advising members to be sure to bring their muskets and traps to all events.
I won't identify the unit, because, as you can probably guess from the following question, I fall a long, long way short of having the amount of knowledge necessary to live up to their standards of authenticity.
What are traps?
When I see the word "trap," I think of a big old steel-jawed thing that you use to catch bears with. Somehow, I have a hard time believing that all Civil War soldiers were required to have such a thing in their possession at all times.
Can any reenactors help me out on this?
I won't identify the unit, because, as you can probably guess from the following question, I fall a long, long way short of having the amount of knowledge necessary to live up to their standards of authenticity.
What are traps?
When I see the word "trap," I think of a big old steel-jawed thing that you use to catch bears with. Somehow, I have a hard time believing that all Civil War soldiers were required to have such a thing in their possession at all times.
Can any reenactors help me out on this?