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This is the best explanation I've seen from any period or antebellum manual about facing and doubling : http://books.google.com/books?id=Jv2FxxbVPoEC&pg=PA64#v=onepage&q&f=false It's from Infantry...

Ordnance manual of 1841 says 34 inches : http://books.google.com/books?id=f-FKAAAAcAAJ&vq=dragoon&pg=PA135#v=onepage&q&f=false

Ordnance manual of 1850 says 34 inches :...

Heitman's? Seriously? That is one of the worst manuals you can purchase. It's loaded with reenactorisms. You're better off reviewing original manuals. The place to find just about any original...

It's not a typo. I've done events down there regularly since 1994. The minimum "safe" distance is thirty feet. Muzzles are elevated so high at such a close distance that it resembles one of those...

Please refrain from following the NCWC's battlefield safety rule #17 : "A range of 30 feet is accepted as the reasonable and prudent distance to fire towards opposing troops unless otherwise...

That sounds great from a mainstream perspective, but not from the other end of the spectrum. I fly from the West Coast twice a year to attend events. If I'm going to spend that much money to...

Off topic response to Dave :

The hobby would much richer is more groups followed the style of the Camptown Minstrels. I've worn out two of your group's CDs. Your rendition of De Blue Tail Fly...

Not period. Not authentic. Leave it at home. A good percussion instrument which travels well is the bones.

Learning the lyrics that soldiers gave the calls makes them easier to remember. An example is Officer's Call :

"Who's the biggest horse's a__ in Mr. Lincoln's army ;
Who's the biggest horse's...

Depends upon how hard it's raining and how cold it is at two o'clock in the morning.

The link to the book on the 1st Mo. Bgde made this thread very worth reading. I'd seen the book before, but it's been a while since I'd read it. (Hint, get a google nexus 7 as a reading device for...

In my company commander days, we didn't allow anyone in their first battle to fire their weapons. Going through the motions was fine, but firing wasn't. Combine lack of experience and minimal...

Still trying to figure out how a Confederate sailor obtained a pair of shelter halves, during this phase of the campaign, but metal poles? 2x2's? Tree branches work well for the purpose. You don't...

To dispel some assumptions here, not all Federal sharpshooters were Berdan's, and not all Berdans wore matching green uniform parts all the time.

Make your job easier by staying away from the...

I'd pass on this one. Per his own webpage :



Laminated poplar doesn't scream authentic to me, but lamination did exist back then. However, plastic head and plastic strings do not pass...

With THE BIG ONES coming up in a few months, the handy information in this thread is in need of a friendly bump.

Something which should have been noted here, but was not make absolutely clear, is...

Keep looking and you'll find the 1861 photo of a twine wrapped bundle of twenty five bags about to be distributed to a company. You'll know the photo because there's a curled up snipe sleeping atop...

Pretty much everything you wanted to know about rations can be found in this 101 page thread : http://www.authentic-campaigner.com/forum/showthread.php?13288-Rations You just have to find it. Of...

Don't just show up, and think you're going to be okay. Practice going light at all the events you do this season before going to GAC. Make a written inventory of all your stuff before your first...

Seen that : http://www.duvallleatherwork.com/catalog/product/bfaee443aa784b649768cf4c53168cda

Was it necessary for you to stir the pot, Doug? You're not going to either battle reenactment. You had a lousy time at the last big one. Just let it go.

You're in the links, Duffer. So is Dom. Although there are sources for the items found in your article and Dom's, I'm very skeptical about all those fancy methods of holding the cheese knife...

I've unburied this old thread because there is a lengthy discussion about the Si Klegg books in the current issue of Blue Gray Magazine. My magazine arrived in the mail yesterday so copies should be...

Best is a qualitative term. What is best to some isn't necessarily best to all. Some want greater numbers while others want greater authenticity. Numbers and authenticity tend to be on opposite...

Google the words "silas" and "drill" to find my links page. Or you could just follow the direct link to the subsection of booklets : http://www.zipcon.net/~silas/links.htm#N_5_I