Buttons for civilian made jackets for Confederate soldiers
Dec 16, 2019 · I have coin buttons on one of my commutation jackets. I have a cap made with original civilian flower pattern brass buttons on it so there were substitutes. Soldiers …
Currency - Coins in the Confederacy | Currency, Stamps, & other ...
Nov 18, 2024 · The Confederates made very little coins during the Civil War, but it's a bit more complicated than that. The U.S. had 5 mints around the country that they were using, so when …
Civil War Era Knives | Small Arms & Ammunition
Jun 23, 2013 · Does anyone have in their collection the humble pocketknife from CW times? I'd like to see them, even if they're repros or custom-made modern ones. I think this simple tool …
Texas made dragoon pistol - American Civil War Forums
May 4, 2014 · Here is a pistol many have never seen or heard of. That's why I'm sharing the information. They are the Tucker and Sherrard 44cal. dragoon pistols made at the Lancaster …
Christopher Roby, Swordmaker and CO Troop F, Mass Volunteers
Mar 12, 2018 · In addition to swords made by other manufacturers, military "volunteers" were offered a wide selection of Roby weapons that would have included N.C.O.,Musician, Horse …
Recent Find - Confederate made, Louisiana numbered bayonet
Jul 12, 2017 · Last week I came across a rather rusty Enfield bayonet, which I immediately recognized as Louisiana numbered and Confederate made. The guy was asking way beyond …
Real Confederate Bowie Knives - American Civil War Forums
Nov 2, 2019 · I made a measured drawing of two of the knives at the Coastal Museum for a knife smith in our local blacksmith forge. One of them was a utility knife very similar to the Green …
Plum Run as a Ready Made Trench Wheatfield | Gettysburg
Apr 1, 2019 · It makes Stony Hill far less of an advantage because parts of the Plum Run are indeed.... a ready made fortification. One that BOTH sides had to deal with on multiple …
C.S.A. domestically-made revolvers | Small Arms & Ammunition
Mar 18, 2016 · There were other C.S.A. domestic manufacturers of pistols of course, smaller than the four outfits named above. For example there was Dance Brothers (of Galveston, Texas) …
The story of Ivory Soap - American Civil War Forums
May 12, 2010 · The air actually made the soap lighter than water, causing it to float. Proter and Gamble thus marketed Ivory as the "Soap that Floats". As the decades followed, Procter and …