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4 days ago · The American Civil War. The American Civil War, arguably the most traumatic event in the history of the United States, was fought from 1861 to 1865, and was the culmination of sectional issues which deeply divided the country between a pro-Federal government North and a pro-states rights, in the pro-slavery South, whose eleven states formed a ...
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Nov 22, 2024 · In this forum there are discussions about American Civil War Table Top Board Games, Card Games, Computer Games, Cell Phone Games, as well as Photos and Discussions about Civil War Wargaming with Miniatures, as well as Painting and Landscaping of Miniatures used on Realistic Scale Mockups of Historic Battlefields.
Civil War Pioneer Troops. How to tell the difference between …
Aug 25, 2012 · This is a manual for the Instruction of Civil War Pioneer Troops 'Consisting of Duties, Organization, & Equipment of Infantry Pioneers. So are pioneers considered part of the 'infantry' or part of the 'engineers'? I am not sure James Lancel McElhinney is saying pioneers are infantrymen. At...
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Oct 31, 2024 · The Civil War Letters of Surgeon James D. Benton. 0.00 star(s) 0 ratings Updated Mar 8, 2022.
Uniforms - Union Engineers and Pioneers | Ranks, Uniforms, …
Mar 3, 2024 · Here's my question... Don Troiani who often painted uniforms from the Civil War has a picture (at least I'm pretty sure it's his) in which he depicted pioneers... In the picture shown below, the Confederate pioneer seems to be wearing a large white apron... Kind of like those seen used by French Sapper in the Napoleonic wars...
Civil War shakos | Ranks, Uniforms, Clothing, & Gear
Mar 3, 2024 · For Civil War relics, I recently lost an auction for an excavated CSA wishbone buckle by just a few cents. Now I'm eyeing a French Revolution saber and 1810 pattern shako plate for my Napoleonic French collection, and I'm praying they don't go before I've got the funds to pick them up haha
Naval War - At Sea & Along Inland Waterways - American Civil …
Mar 14, 2024 · Naval War - At Sea & Along Inland Waterways A new forum with topics honoring all the soldiers and sailors who served and fought in and around America's waterways. Monitor, Virginia, & Battle at Hampton Roads
Uniforms in Florida at the start of the Civil War
Mar 13, 2017 · Looking in my Uniforms of the Civil War book by Robin Smith and Ron Field it has a section on Florida from pgs. 174 to 177. It says that "There were no state dress regulations and no regimental uniforms in Florida until 1861.
Johnston and Lee | The Surrender at Appomattox | Page 2
Jan 29, 2024 · As far as Lee was concerned, he was most at ease with the crop of officers that he relied on throughout much of the war, and in particular Longstreet. Despite the post-war animosity directed against Longstreet, he and Lee generally worked well …
Markings on Swords. | Edged Weapons - American Civil War Forums
Oct 22, 2010 · I don’t have a large collection of swords--- OR---- a large library on swords. These pieces are all marked differently--- some with more markings than others. -Model 1860 Ames manufactured cavalry saber, 1863 dated—A.D.K. inspected for Andrew D. King -- …