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Sounds like you have already gotten good advice.

So will just say "Welcome to the Hobby!"

The comment about the hardtack corners was great!

If your unit does not have a specific standard, for your first weapon, I always advise going with the old standbys. Either a 1861 Springfield or 1853 Enfield.

Both weapons are an accepted...

Love "Crystal Ball" questions!

Like many people, I got into the hobby because of the excitement about the 150th, (Wilson's Creek was my first reenactment), but have no plans to leave once the...

Missouri Boot & Shoe makes great footwear and their customer service is top notch. Brogans without heel plates and hob nails would have been more common, but they will help the sole and heal last...

Great information everyone, thanks!

Putting together a small wood shipping box to hold "care package" items sent from home.

Looking for information on how these boxes would have been addressed, labeled, and marked for shipping to...

Yes, homemade "sleeping caps" and other styles of wool-knit hats were common and I think "under-represented" in the hobby. I did a field modification on mine and sewed in a canton-flannel lining as...

"If not sure, I would say photographic evidence trumps what you see other reenactors doing"

Morris Clothiers. "They just featured a sack coat shell on their Facebook Page that is complete except for the hand sewing"

Camp Randall Quartermaster

Beauregard's Taylor

I would at least talk with Robert at MB&S before making a final decision. He is good to work with and can advise you if you have any special needs.

Is there any type of bread loaf found at a bakery or grocery store that could pass, (shape and size), to Federal issue soft bread?

Reenacting is one of those hobbys where your vendors are mainly small companies or one man/woman operations. So, you would not want a swap meet to deter or overshadow the vendors.

A lot of...

"Tough call" because people will sue over anything.

Personally, if I used modern food handling, storage, and cooking methods, I would have no problem sharing rations, even salt pork, with "close...

Never come across documentation allowing or encouraging AOP troops to wear civillian hats. I have seen a few images of AOP soldiers wearing civilian slouch and similar hats but these appeared to be...

From your question it sounds like maybe you are new to the hobby? (A lot of red flags came up)

"Before attaching anything" check with the commanders and veterans in your unit about the correct...

Never have come across any documentation on the practice.

Fell in with a "farb unit from ****" at a small event once that smeared black ashes on the faces of their new members. "That alone will...

Live in Arkansas, which is ground zero for confederate reenacting, but never had an interest in doing a confederate impression. So,became a Yankee. Part of the appeal is the fact that Union...

So....

Back to the original question, were brogans issued with heel plates? "I assume that heel plates were around during that time period?"

Woolrich produced blankets during the Civil War so that advertised fact can be misleading.

The material and construction of their modern Civil War "style" releases are par with "sutler" grade...

Thanks for sharing!

Sometimes people get the wrong impression about progressive reenactors. I do a progressive impression but would never judge another reenactor and always glad to assist anyone...

Simple answer, 1862.

If you are making a decision on which type to purchase, are doing a general impression, your unit allows it, than a bullseye canteen at a mid-1863 through end of war event...

Ohhhh, "that kind of European nipple"! :-)

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