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- ARMY BEANS - By Craig L. Barry | Foods Recipes
ARMY BEANS By Craig L Barry “The Cooking Tent” image dated to Grant’s Overland Campaign June 1864 (courtesy Library of Congress) “At noon we draw a ration of corn bread, pork and beans…took breakfast at 7 ocl (o’clock) of cold beans and corn bread “ [1] Civil War soldiers ate more beans
- Confederate Arsenal Made Ramrods | Small Arms Ammunition
I am working on compiling information on ramrods that were produced by the various Confederate Arsenals (sometimes called "blacksmith made" as have been observed with C R weapons and other conversions This would also apply to the Richmond Muskets In fact most of the information available is on
- Buttons for civilian made jackets for Confederate soldiers
Who made buttons back then? While on the clothing subject… My gggg Grandfather built and ran the first cotton mill in Augusta Ga It was built in the 1830’s (called the Richmond Factory) it is said that they made cloth for uniforms and tents Does anyone have information on this subject?
- C. S. A. domestically-made revolvers | Small Arms Ammunition
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) which made a 44-cal pistol that looked like this Elsewhere in Texas the Tucker Sherrod company was making 44-cal Dragoon revolvers like these And in still another part of Texas (Sisterdale) the Sisterdale Dragoon 44
- Real Confederate Bowie Knives | Edged Weapons - American Civil War Forums
When researching book and scouring as many images of soldiers armed with knives, majority of Union soldiers had Sheffield bowies or side knives, but most knife-toting Confederates had "local-made" especially early war where it was an honor to use Southern made arms I agree, some of the home grown edged weapons were very good
- Uniforms - What made Zouaves Zouaves? | Ranks, Uniforms, Clothing, Gear
Now, I know several Mississippi regiments had fancy uniforms made to order I will have to check Rowland’s history but I dont know of any regiments of Mississippi that identified as Zouaves
- NF - Will “The last full Measure” movie, ever be made? | Civil War . . .
Hello Everyone! I was wondering If you all think the last installment of the Civil War epic movie series will ever be made I know that “Gods and Generals“ the prequel to “The last full measure” and “Gettysburg” went terribly in the box office, and “Gettysburg” didn’t do very well either
- Rock Walls Fences of the Bluegrass | Mid-19th Century Life
These rock walls or fences were made of ancient limestone and are the hallmark of Kentucky's Bluegrass region The earliest settlers to Kentucky built dry laid fences in the 18th century They were built around farms, cemeteries and mills They were built by Irish and Scottish immigrants who
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