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As for this site, that little white box up near the top right hand corner is your friend; it's the search function, and you'll find many basic questions answered in existing...

"In two ranks, count two's....."
Casey's, page 12 (in my book), paragraph 16 under Title 1, Article 1, Formation of Infantry in Order of Battle:
"The odd and even files (note: front and rear rank...

Federal regulations at the start of the war called for 60 grain loads. Later in the war, that was increased to 65 grains, ostensibly due to a lowering of the quality of the powder, causing more...

How would a horse be put down if there were no small arms available?

Okay, now I see the third finger wrapped around the bayonet.
This is why I shouldn't comment on fine detail in photos. :)

Always fun to speculate and wonder.
All I know is that the important ones are the ones who show up to events I go to. That's probably the case for all of us.

Ross, I think it is the correct finger, just not intended as a particular gesture.

Marines east of the Mississippi River train at Paris Island, SC.
Marines west of the Mississippi River train in San Diego, CA.

Mine graduated from Paris Island two years ago this month. The chubby little 11 year old that started in this hobby transformed. Much of what he learned doing CW helped him get through basic...

Nope. Not me.

First question I have to ask is: Did cavalray generally wear sky blue vests, or did they tend to wear what the infantry wore, which were civilian vests, if any at all, as the army didn't issue vests...

Does the book allow for any reasonable speculation as to how long he held the brevet? It is possible that he held it only long enough for a new Lt. to be supplied to the unit.

Anyone can sue anyone at any time for any reason they want to. There is no protection from it, short of not being able to find a lawyer willing to prosecute, and then there's always small claims...

Having been cursed to now be one of those NCO's, I would prefer that men only cross through the stacks at company breaks or line ends, except in cases of "emergency".

While I agree with Eli that...

From "The Wartime Papers of R.E. Lee", edited by Clifford Dowdey & Lewis Manarin:

In a letter to his son, Custis, dated March 3, 1863:
"...Our Federal neighbors are quiet. Their balloons are up...

Doesn't "Deutch" mean orange in Oompa Loompa?

We tend to put veterans at least on either side of a fresh fish and often one behind, as well. We know going in who's inexperienced and make sure that everyone else in the ranks knows, too. We...

Send an email to Jack's Powder Keg, as suggested. Odds are pretty good that he can provide you with complete rounds. The ones we got at Shiloh came in packs of 40, not 10, and didn't have the caps...

Wind is the great destroyer of shelter tents. The two best solutions I know of are to use guy lines or to use twine wrapped around the union of the ridge pole and uprights to limit rotation. ...

Please excuse my ignorance, but just what is that he's carrying?

And, pray tell, why?
Using logs as furniture is period correct, about as rustic as you can get, and easy to construct.

Gonna have to do better than calling it "ignorant and unhelpful". ...

They always had a tube of 12 caps along with the ten cartridges. It didn't work very well otherwise.
Don't know about the label. I would figure those that had them (and not all did) were glued,...

Directions:
Take six pieces of cut log, about 12 inches in length and of roughly equal thickness.
Lay three of them side by side against each other, pressed into the dirt a bit so they don't roll....

When ya get right down to it, it ain't all that hard to do.

Ask me how I know that......

Check Ebay, and this and other forums with "for sale" sections.
They do show up from time to time.