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Blake
.. Welcome aboard. Lots of knowledgable and veteran reenactors in here. Sit back and read the postings and you can gleen a great deal of information. Granted you will also see differing...

Village Tinsmith was present at the 150th Chancellorsville and I got to see this star canteen he has available. Very nicely done. Speaking with Bill about it he is using Sylvia's canteen book as the...

Dave
.. .Just curious.. in your first posting of this thread you stated the initial $15 registration remains valid til April 3rd ?... Website states the fee changed to $20 after March 1st. Online...

Mark
... Yes the use actually pre-dates the war and also can be found in instructionals of civilian practice, that was an orthopedic carry over into the military. This was a cheap alternative, and...

Ross...

Congradulations... hope you have a great journey...

John
.. Majority that Ive examined typically would have at least the regiment and company, especially if it was for the company papers. Sometimes including the respective officers rank/name if it...

Mark...

Binders Boards were generally used for making a splint..

So called because they are basicly the same dense millboard product more commonly associated with book bindings. Found to be...

I have found a number of both small arms ammunition boxes as well as artillery shell shipping boxes that have bottoms and/or side pieces joined via tongue-groove. Thats not unusual to find.

All...

Photos and surviving personal effects of US surgeons would normally suggest that the plain prescribed staff officer shoulder straps appeared to be the norm for the majority. The MS adorned shoulder...

Dave
.. based on research Ive done on arsenal records and returns in the national archives... The projectile casting/pressing, cartridge making, and packaging were separate processes at most...

We did some a few years ago, but quickly found it wasnt an easy or cheap endevor. Close friend runs a high end coin and currency business thus was able to get access to some crispy mint clean notes,...

Cant speak for Vicksburg specifically, but the French imports were more out there than most generally realize. On both sides even. Our Federal unit portrayal went into Gettysburg armed with 1842...

Jimmy
.. Are you seeking to make any one particular example or just a generic ammunition box?. The respective Ordnance Regs can provide a general guide but remember that the measurements given are...

Versions of the pocket folding utensil sets existed during the Civil War era. These were also quite popular post war well into the early 1900's+, used by western, cowboy, travelers, hunters,...

Did you get a Federal Kepi or Forage cap ?. The Kepi (the low crown types) were more common with officers, and some early war state regiment issues. The Forage cap is much more common (this is the...

Now Curt dont forget the blue or grey felt kepi with the crossed rifles and flag sticker on the crown... or the collectible teddy bears dressed in confederate grey or union blue attire... nothing...

Yep the ore was plentifuly but it was very expensive and difficult at that time to smelt and extract it, hense the high cost. If memory serves correctly I think the cap on the Washington Monument is...

Reproductions of various US Colonial Rev War buttons. Surfaced in mass usually as carded set collectibles during the 1976 Bicentential era. The Originials were usually flat cast pewter and some in...

Its a US Infantry Shako eagle plate from the War of 1812 thru around 1820's era. The white metal indicated Infantry, the others like Artillery used yellow metal (brass). The originals were usually...

Ancestory Confederate so was a natural pull, and started as confederate. However as a historian, researcher and writer, also 35 years later still in the hobby. Have long since galvanized when...

An interesting account and viewpoint can be found in "Joseph Jones MD - Scientist of the Old South".
Jones was a Confederate Surgeon and Medical Inspector. He was sent to Andersonville to evaluate...

There is evidence indicating that these heel plates did exist and were used. How common they were is subject to debate. Lots of period photos of troops sitting whereas you can see the underside of...

Matt
.. The one shown in the image is commonly refered to as a Spontoon. This particular type was more commonly used with the shorter staffed Flank or Marker flags. The stubby wide bladed spear...

Mikael
.. More and more reenactment units have been learning (re-learning) what the actual Rebel Yell was. In the last few years you hear it more and more frequently. Still have some that latch...

Very nice, definately a long lost art. Have a period book about it somewhere around that I picked up years ago out of curiosity of how they were braided and made. Very complex and difficult at best....